overply

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verb

To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigour; to overwork.

“overply someone with booze”

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Meanings

verboverply (third-person singular simple present overplies, present participle overplying, simple past and past participle overplied)

present singular third person overplies · participle present overplying · participle past overplied · past overplied

  1. transitiveTo ply to excess; to exert with too much vigour; to overwork.

    overply someone with booze

    1 more example

    The Conscience, Friend, t'have lost them overply'd In Liberty's Defence

    1673, John Milton, “Sonnet 22”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
forwork

Origin

From over- + ply.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

plovery
Cite this entry
APA

overply. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overply

MLA

“overply.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overply. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overply,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overply.

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