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overheat(2)(dictionary)
overheat(dictionary)

overheat(2) (iou)



overheat verb. LME.
[from OVER- + HEAT verb.]
verb trans. Heat too much, make too hot; fig. excite to excessive warmth of feeling; make too passionate about something. LME.
A. Cross I'm..inclined to attribute other feelings to my overheated imagination.
b. Produce in (a country's economy) a condition of marked inflation by placing excessive pressure on resources during a period of expansion in demand. Chiefly as overheated ppl adjective, overheating verbal noun. M20.
verb intrans. Become too hot; become overheated. E20.