overborne

Use Overborne in a sentence

adjective

overcome; crushed; oppressed.

verb

past participle of overbear.

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verb (used with object)

to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.

to overcome or overwhelm: A spirited defense had overborne the enemy attack.

to prevail over or overrule (wishes, objections, etc.): She overbore all objections to the new plan.

to treat in a domineering way; dominate: to overbear one's children with threats of violence.

Nautical. (of a sailing ship) to have the advantage of (another sailing ship) because of an ability to carry more canvas safely.

verb (used without object)

to produce fruit or progeny so abundantly as to impair the health.

Origin:
1525–35; over- + bear¹

Related forms

o·ver·bear·er, noun

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overbear (ˌəʊvəˈbɛə)

—vb , -bears, -bearing, -bore, -borne
1.	(tr) to dominate or overcome: to overbear objections
2.	(tr) to press or bear down with weight or physical force
3.	to produce or bear (fruit, progeny, etc) excessively

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Word Origin & History

overbear

late 14c., "to carry over," from over + bear (v.). Meaning "to bear down by weight of physical force" is from 1535 (in Coverdale), originally nautical, of an overwhelming wind; figurative sense of "to overcome and repress by power, authority, etc." is from 1560s.

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Example sentences

The weakness of the showing regarding one factor may be overborne by the

strength of the others.

Their first terrestrial zest had chilled and overborne.

There was no evidence of police coercion that might have overborne respondent's

will and thereby violated due process.

The proper inquiry is whether the defendant's will has been overborne or her

capacity for self-determination critically impaired.