superstrain

From super- +‎ strain.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈs(j)uːpəstɹeɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈsuːpəɹstɹeɪn/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (noun) /s(j)uːpəˈstɹeɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): (verb) /suːpəɹˈstɹeɪn/

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superstrain (plural superstrains)

1. A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.

superstrain (third-person singular simple present superstrains, present participle superstraining, simple past and past participle superstrained)

1. (obsolete) To overstrain, to strain too much.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     In the straining of a string , the further it is strained the less superstraining goeth to a note

• “superstrain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.