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Definition of Overworn
1. p. p. & a. Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.
Definition of Overworn
1. Adjective. worn out ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overworn
1. overwear [v] - See also: overwear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overworn
Literary usage of Overworn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Great Writers, Or, Popular Chapters on Some Leading Authors by Samuel Andrews (1884)
"... Than that the victor Hours should scorn The long result of love, and boast, "
Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn. ..."
2. Shakspeare's Sonnets Never Before Interpreted: His Private Friends by Gerald Massey (1866)
"The Poet is crushed and overworn by Time's injurious hand. Here is the same
personification of Time, the ruling tyrant, as we find in the sonnets spoken by ..."
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