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overbear, v.|əʊvəˈbɛə(r)|
[over- 4, 6, 22.]
†1. trans. To carry over, transfer, remove; to put away. (In Wyclif rendering L. transferre). Obs.
1382Wyclif Deut. xxvii. 17 Cursid that ouerberith the teermes of his neiȝbore. ― 2 Sam. xii. 13 The Lord hath overborn thi synne, thou shalt not die. ― Isa. xxxiii. 20 A plenteuous cite, a tabernacle that shal not moun ben ouerborn [1388 borun ouer].
2. a. To bear over or down by weight or physical force; to thrust, push, or drive over; to overthrow; to overwhelm, break or crush down.
1535Coverdale Ezek. xxvii. 26 But y⊇ easte wynde shal ouerbeare the in to the myddest off the sea. 1559Mirr. Mag., Rich. Dk. York (1563) G vij b, See how force oft ouerbereth ryght. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 600 Whose numbrous Arms..Have over-born as many as with-stood. 1719Freethinker No. 121 ⁋2 The Mounds of their ancient Discipline, over-born by the Inundation of foreign Luxuries. 1859Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 484 As a wild wave..overbears the bark, And him that helms it, so they overbore Sir Lancelot and his charger.
b. fig. To overcome, put down, or repress, as by power, authority, or influence; to overpower, oppress; to exercise an oppressive influence upon.
1565T. Stapleton Fortr. Faith 69 The vsurpers haue ouerboren the right inheritours. 1590Marlowe Edw. II, iii. ii, The barons ouerbear me with their pride. 1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. iii. 157 The extasie hath so much ouerborne her, that my daughter is sometime afeard she will doe a desperate out-rage to her selfe. 1676Glanvill Seasonable Reflect. 180 The friends of Truth and Reason..are liable to be still over-born, and out-nois'd by the Tumult. 1705Hearne Collect. 17 Nov. (O.H.S.) I. 82 This was overbore so yt it came not to y⊇ Question. 1861Trench Comm. Ep. Seven Ch. in Asia (ed. 2) 26 What we may call the mystical or symbolic interest overbears and predominates over the actual. 1864D. G. Mitchell Wet Days at Edgewood 116 They overbear one with the grand air they carry.
3. To surpass in weight, importance, cogency, etc.; to outweigh.
1712Addison Spect. No. 412 ⁋1 The Horror or Lothsomness of an Object may over-bear the Pleasure which results from its Greatness, Novelty, or Beauty. 1884American VIII. 347 The interest of the subject is so great that it might overbear even more serious deficiencies.
4. intr. To produce too much fruit, thereby affecting the quality of it.
1863Horticulturalist XVIII. 295/2 You can now point out every tree that was allowed to overbear. 1872Rep. Vermont Bd. Agric. I. 118 The Bartlett and Louise Bonne de Jersey commence bearing young, and are inclined to over bear. 1901U.S. Dept. Agric. Yearbk. 1900 387 It is a great mistake to allow pear trees to overbear. |