overply

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ ply.

Verb

overply (third-person singular simple present overplies, present participle overplying, simple past and past participle overplied)

1. (transitive) To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigour; to overwork.

   overply someone with booze

   • 1673, John Milton, “Sonnet 22”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC:

     The Conscience, Friend, t'have lost them overply'd
     In Liberty's Defence

References

• “overply”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.