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overlade

[oh-ver-leyd]

verb (used with object), o·ver·lad·ed, o·ver·lad·en or o·ver·lad·ed, o·ver·lad·ing.

to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; see over-, lade

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