O′ver‐charge″ (?), v. t. [Cf. Supercharge, Surcharge.]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To fill too full; to crowd.
Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.
3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.
4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.