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

A kingdom is ruled well when the glory of ruling does not overmaster the spirit.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

A common language and a common religion overmaster political differences, and the English and American dead are laid side by side to rest until the judgment.

From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Wilson, Robert A.

Let my fate be a warning to young creatures like myself, never to suffer their affection for any object to overmaster their sense and their reason.

From Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

As I came out of it a voice seemed constantly saying, "You are getting worse; your paroxysms are growing longer and deeper; they will overmaster you; you will die."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various