overbear
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Overbear, ō-vėr-bār′, v.t. to bear down or overpower: to overwhelm.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Close around him, and confound him, the confounder of us all; Pelt him, pummel him, and maul him; rummage, ransack, overhaul him; Overbear him and outbawl him; bear him down, and bring him under.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius