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English
Etymology
From over- + wasted.
Adjective
overwasted (comparative more overwasted, superlative most overwasted)
- (obsolete) Wasted or worn out; consumed; spent.
1630, Michael Drayton, “The Barons Warres. In the Reigne of Edward the Second. The Sixt Canto.”, in Poems: , London: Willi Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke, →OCLC, stanza 73, page 148:VVhen in the Tumult, vvith the ſudden Fright, / VVhilſt eu'ry one for Safetie ſought about, / And none regarded to maintaine the Light, / VVhich being ouer-vvaſted, vvas gone out, / It being then the mid time of the Night, / / The Queene alone (at leaſt, if any neare) / They vvere her VVomen, almoſt dead vvith feare.
References
“overwasted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.