Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge,
   Surcharge.]
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   1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
      cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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   2. To fill too full; to crowd.
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            Our language is overcharged with consonants.
                                                  --Addison.
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   3. To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a
      fair rate or price.
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   4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
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   5. (Electricity) To charge (a battery) too much, so as to
      cause damage.
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   Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under
      Globe.
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	Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. i.
   To make excessive charges.
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	Overcharge \O"ver*charge`\, n. [Cf. Supercargo,
   Supercharge.]
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   1. An excessive load or burden.
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   2. An excessive charge in an account.
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	overcharge
    n 1: a price that is too high
    v 1: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
         soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
         rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
    2: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn:
       overload, surcharge, overcharge]

	

	124 Moby Thesaurus words for "overcharge":
   adorn, aggrandize, amplify, anticathexis, ballyhoo, bleed,
   bleed white, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far,
   cathectic energy, cathexis, charge, choke, clip, color, congest,
   congestion, convolute, countercathexis, cram, crowd, decorate,
   desire concentration, draw the longbow, drench, elaborate,
   embellish, embroider, energy charge, engorgement, enrich,
   exaggerate, exploit, exploitation, extortion, festoon, fleece,
   flourish, fudge, gild, glut, gluttonize, go to extremes, gorge,
   gouge, highway robbery, hold up, holdup, hyperbolize,
   hypercathexis, hyperemia, involve, jam, jam-pack, lay it on,
   load with ornament, loan-sharking, magnify, make much of, ornament,
   overassessment, overbrimming, overburden, overdo, overdraw,
   overestimate, overfeed, overfill, overflow, overfreight,
   overfullness, overlade, overlay, overload, overpaint, overpraise,
   overprice, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overspill,
   overstate, overstress, overstuff, overtax, overweigh, overweight,
   pack, pad, pile it on, plethora, profiteer, puff, repletion,
   satiate, satiety, saturate, saturation, screw, shylocking, skin,
   soak, stick, sting, stretch, stretch the truth, stuff, supercharge,
   supersaturate, supersaturation, surcharge, surfeit, swindle,
   talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, trick out, usury,
   varnish, victimize