overmaster
to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
Origin of overmaster
1Other words from overmaster
- o·ver·mas·ter·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use overmaster in a sentence
Yet it's plain that he thinks a little worse of himself for allowing his judgment to overmaster his unreasoning dread.
His repeated promises confirm her hopes: embraces and endearments, which increase the ardour of her desires, overmaster her soul.
The Sorrows of Young Werther | J.W. von GoetheThe backward drag rapidly decreased as the pull of Saturn and his system began to overmaster that of Jupiter.
A Honeymoon in Space | George GriffithFor the activity of the agent, being not able to overmaster the resistance of the patient, there will ensue no deperdition.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3) | Thomas BrowneFor she being so much left to solitude, she came to greet my return with an increasing fervour that came nigh to overmaster me.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
These two elements coxisted from early times, and caused perpetual ferment by their struggles to overmaster each other.
The Cradle of the Christ | Octavius Brooks Frothingham
British Dictionary definitions for overmaster
/ (ˌəʊvəˈmɑːstə) /
(tr) to overpower
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