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Overbear

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Verb

1. overbear

overcome

Example Sentences:
'overbear criticism, protest, or arguments'

2. overbear

bear too much

3. bear down, overbear

contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overbear

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verb -bears, -bearing, -bore or -borne
1. (transitive)
to dominate or overcome
to overbear objections
2. (transitive)
to press or bear down with weight or physical force
3. 
to produce or bear (fruit, progeny, etc) excessively

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Overbear

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoverˈbore, ˌoverˈborne, ˌoverˈbearing
1. 
to press or bear down by weight or physical power
2. 
to dominate, domineer over, overrule, or subdue
verb intransitive
3. 
to be too fruitful; bear to excess

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overbear

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tr.v. o·ver·bore (-bôr), o·ver·borne (-bôrn), o·ver·bear·ing, o·ver·bears
1. To press down on or overwhelm with physical force: "She could feel their impatience like a lethal wave overbearing her hunched shoulders, poised to come crashing down" (John Trenhaile).
2. To dominate or overcome: "He was an old man now, overborne with anxiety of late, and his tears fell" (Charles Dickens).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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