I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English overdriven, from over (I) + driven to drive
1. : to drive too hard or far or beyond strength or a fixed limit
overdrove the orchestra — Current Biography
skeletons of … beasts which had been overdriven by their anxious owners — Gordon Enders
2. : to drive (an automotive vehicle) especially at night at such speed that one cannot stop or guide it safely within the limits of vision or available space
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: over (III) + drive
: an automotive transmission gear which transmits to the propeller shaft a speed greater than engine speed
III. noun
: a state of heightened activity
going into rhetorical overdrive