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English
Etymology
From over- + fret. Compare Middle English overfreten, ovirfretyn (past participle).
Verb
overfret (third-person singular simple present overfrets, present participle overfretting, simple past overfretted or overfret or overfrate, past participle overfretted or (usually in compounds) overfretten)
- (intransitive, reflexive) To fret excessively.
1837, L E L, “Asking for an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 23:"I believe it was," replied Lord Norbourne, kindly taking his companion's hand. "I have learnt to think of my loss with a sadness that soothes me. I turn to her image when overfretted with worldly cares. I hope almost as she hoped for our re-union."
1851, Arthur Helps, Companions of my solitude, page 201:But now come down from your pedestal, and do not overfret yourself, because your hand, or your mind, or your soul, will not fulfil all that you would have it.