† ˌover-ˈpester, v. Obs.
[over- 27.]
trans. To ‘pester’, i.e. crowd or encumber, excessively.
| 1599 Daniel Musophilus Wks. (1717) 388 No marvel then, tho' th' over-pester'd State Want Room for Goodness. 1614 Raleigh Hist. World ii. (1634) 309 Hiram allowed him Timber, with which Libanus was, and yet is over-pestered. 1675 J. Love Clavis Med. 42 Let no house be over-pestered with too many Lodgers. 1720 Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xx. 405/1 Their Over-pestering of small rooms with many of them. |