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overmaster - 3 dictionary results

o⋅ver⋅mas⋅ter

[oh-ver-mas-ter, -mah-ster]
–verb (used with object)
to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see over-, master


o⋅ver⋅mas⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
o·ver·mas·ter   (ō'vər-mās'tər)   
tr.v.   o·ver·mas·tered, o·ver·mas·ter·ing, o·ver·mas·ters
To overpower by superior force; overcome.

Overmaster

O`ver*mas"ter\, v. t. To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.
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