overmarch en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + march.
Meanings
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(transitive) To cause to march too far, or too often; to exhaust by marching.
They had been overmarched and underfed and they had been ruinously beaten by the Rebels. Someone would have to work on them before they would amount to much as fighting troops.
1953, Bruce Catton, The army of the Potomac:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overmarched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overmarched | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overmarching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overmarches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |