overply

verb

overply

verb

Etymology From over- + ply.

1

To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigour; to overwork.

  • overply someone with booze
  • The Conscience, Friend, t'have lost them overply'd In Liberty's Defence1673, John Milton, “Sonnet 22”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC:

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