OVERCH'ARGE, verb transitive 1. To charge or load to excess; to cloy; to oppress. The heavy load of abundance with which we overcharge nature - 2. To crowd too much. Our language is overcharged with consonants. 3. To burden. 4. To fill to excess; to surcharge; as, to overcharge the memory. 5. To load with too great a charge, as a gun. 6. To charge too much; to enter in an account more than is just. OVERCHARGE, noun 1. An excessive load or burden. 2. A charge in an account of more than is just. 3. A charge beyond what is proper.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI