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Overbear | Overbear \O`ver*bear"\, v. t. 1. 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. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. --Jowett (Thucyd. ) [1913 Webster] 2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence. [1913 Webster] |
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