overrestrain

present singular third person overrestrains · participle present overrestraining · participle past overrestrained · past overrestrained

1. To restrain too much.

   Lilian, it's not my place to interfere, and I know it must be difficult bringing up a daughter without her father, but don't overrestrain her.

   2010, Carola Dunn, The Tudor Signet, →ISBN

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   Don't overrestrain the mind once it is no longer racing, or overstimulate it once it is no longer sluggish, but recognize that the antidotes have worked and return to your normal practice.

   2003, Kunga Tenpay Nyima (Deshung Rinpoche), Kun-dgaʼ-bstan-paʼi-ñi-ma (Sde-gźun Luṅ-rig Sprul-sku), Victoria R.M. Scott, The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception, →ISBN

   Consequently, metal becomes too weak to overrestrain wood and wood gradually recovers, which makes the system of Five Elements come back to balance (Figure 5-19).

   2009, Men Jiuzhang, Guo Lei, A General Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine, page 86