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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

He looked soldierly; but the soldier in him did not really very much overbear the demeanour of the quiet, ordinary gentleman.

From The Dictator by McCarthy, Justin

Whatever the reasons for having deserted him he was determined to overbear.

From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James

Troops were given to him, it was thought, amply sufficient to overbear all opposition.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various