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overbear

[oh-ver-bair] / ˌoʊ vərˈbɛər /










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I know that it is easy to overbear a person’s mind if you continuously barrage them with questions and accuse them.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011

But just because Karl Malden won't be brought to overbear on this doesn't mean Amex considers it unimportant.

From Time Magazine Archive

The forbidding faces are Fates to overbear and blemish true fellowship.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

The tree is hardy, a rapid grower, comes into bearing early, and is, if anything, inclined to overbear.

From Fruits of Queensland by Benson, Albert H.

Great as is the weight of the aggregate vote in these henceforth compacted cities, the vote of the State will always overbear it.

From Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 by Kingsley, William C.




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