overlabour

verb /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈleɪbə(ɹ)/

1. To cause to labour excessively; to overwork.

   transitive

   Tis time to ſet at eaſe the ſmoaking Horſe.

   But over labour'd with ſo long a Courſe,

2. To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.

   transitive

3. To belabour or emphasise excessively.

   I don't want to overlabour what is obvious here.

Where it comes from

From Middle English over-labouren, equivalent to over- + labour (verb).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry overlabour (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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