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overbear
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb overbear has 3 senses
- overbear(v = verb.stative) Array - overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments" is one way to dominate
- overbear(v = verb.creation) Array - bear too much; Array is one way to bear, turn out
- overbear(v = verb.contact) bear down - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery; Array is one way to compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze
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CIDE DICTIONARY
overbear, v. t.
- To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. [1913 Webster]"The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war." [1913 Webster]"Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell." [1913 Webster]"They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them." [1913 Webster]
- To domineer over; to overcome by insolence. [1913 Webster]
overbear, v. i.
To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
overbear, v.tr. (past -bore; past part. -borne)
1 (as overbearing adj.) a domineering, masterful. b overpowering.
2 bear down; upset by weight, force, or emotional pressure.
3 put down or repress by power or authority.
4 surpass in importance etc., outweigh.
1 (as overbearing adj.) a domineering, masterful. b overpowering.
2 bear down; upset by weight, force, or emotional pressure.
3 put down or repress by power or authority.
4 surpass in importance etc., outweigh.
Derivative
overbearingly adv. overbearingness n.
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