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overload

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o⋅ver⋅load

  [v. oh-ver-lohd; n. oh-ver-lohd]
Use overload in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
–noun
2. an excessive load.
Origin:
1545–55; over- + load
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o·ver·load   (ō'vər-lōd')   
tr.v.   o·ver·load·ed, o·ver·load·ing, o·ver·loads
To load too heavily.
n.   (ō'vər-lōd')
An excessive load.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

overload  (v.)
1553, "to load with too great a burden," from over + load (q.v.). The noun is attested from 1645; of electrical current, from 1904.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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