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verb (used with object)
1.
to heat to excess.
2.
to excite or agitate; make vehement: a crowd overheated by rabble-rousers.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become overheated: a stove that overheats alarmingly; a temper that overheats with little provocation.
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noun
4.
the state or condition of being overheated; excessive heat, agitation, or vehemence.
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Word Origin & History
overheat
"to make too hot" (trans.), late 14c., from over + heat (v.). Intrans. sense "to become too hot" is from 1902, originally in reference to motor engines.
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