Overstraining

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overstrain \O`ver*strain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Overstrained};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstraining}.]
     To strain one's self to excess. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]