overmaster

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It was a welcome reminder that even in the rankly toxic House of Representatives, sometimes the personal transcends the ideological and that civility and empathy can overmaster appearances.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2012

The men, however, again seized him, and told him his ringing would be of no use, as there were fellows inside who could overmaster any effort of his. 

From Recollections of Old Liverpool by Nonagenarian, A

Well," she said, "yet this is best; and of this I am sure, that, however they wrong me, they cannot overmaster God.

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

For a moment I felt the anger at his treachery almost overmaster me.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

The backward drag rapidly decreased as the pull of Saturn and his system began to overmaster that of Jupiter.

From A Honeymoon in Space by Griffith, George Chetwynd