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o⋅ver⋅heat

  [oh-ver-heet]
Use overheated in a Sentence
–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.
–noun
4. the state or condition of being overheated; excessive heat, agitation, or vehemence.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME overheten. See over-, heat
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o·ver·heat   (ō'vər-hēt')   
v.   o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats

v.   tr.

  1. To heat too much.

  2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated.

v.   intr.
To become too hot or very excited.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

overheat 
"to make too hot" (trans.), 1398, from over + heat (v.). Intrans. sense "to become too hot" is from 1902, originally in ref. to motor engines.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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