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

Sooner or later their lies outwit them and overmaster them, for whenever people believe a liar he is forced to act as if he had spoken the truth.

From The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story by Howells, William Dean

And how shall you, a single man, overmaster him?

From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Thus to that extent Eustace Milne, the cool-headed, the philosophic, had allowed the impulse of his mad passion to overmaster him.

From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram

He felt once more as if his fury would overmaster him.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann