v. t.
The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. Jowett (Thucyd. ) [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific. [ 1913 Webster ]
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