overbear

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overbear

/əʊvəˈbɛː/ UK
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈbɛɹ/ US

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From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.

verb overbears · overbearing · overbore · overborne

obsolete, transitive To carry over.
transitive To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome. I attacked first and they were overborne, / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing.
transitive To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress. It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].
intransitive To produce an overabundance of fruit.

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@misc{overbear_2026,
  title = {overbear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overbear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}