overtry en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + try.
Meanings
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(transitive) To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).
“It would appear to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.
2009 August 18, A. G. Sulzberger, “Astor Trial Plods on, Trying the Patience of Many”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overtrying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overtries | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overtried | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overtried | Tense=Past | lexicographic |