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  1. overtaskverb

    To task too heavily, to give someone or something to many tasks; overburden

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Overtaskverb

    To burthen with too heavy duties or injunctions.

    Etymology: over and task.

    That office is performed by the parts with difficulty, because they were overtasked. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overtask

    ō-vėr-task′, v.t. to task overmuch: to impose too heavy a task on.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overtask in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overtask in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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