"over-Atlas" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: over-Atlases [present, singular, third-person], over-Atlasing [participle, present], over-Atlased [participle, past], over-Atlased [past]
Etymology: From over- + Atlas. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|Atlas}} over- + Atlas Head templates: {{en-verb|head=over-Atlas}} over-Atlas (third-person singular simple present over-Atlases, present participle over-Atlasing, simple past and past participle over-Atlased)
  1. (obsolete, rare) To overburden more than Atlas, who was ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders. Tags: obsolete, rare

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