"overcark" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overcarks [present, singular, third-person], overcarking [participle, present], overcarked [participle, past], overcarked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English overcarken, equivalent to over- + cark (“to worry”). More at over-, cark. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overcarken}} Middle English overcarken, {{prefix|en|over|cark|t2=to worry}} over- + cark (“to worry”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} overcark (third-person singular simple present overcarks, present participle overcarking, simple past and past participle overcarked)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To overcharge; overburden; harass. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overcark-en-verb-tcdtJcR5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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