overbeatv.
/ˌəʊvəˈbiːt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbit/ 1. transitive. To beat (a person or thing) down; to overpower, overwhelm. Now rare.intransitive in quot. a1616.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow
shrenchc897
allayOE
fellOE
quellOE
to bring to the groundc1175
forlesec1200
to lay downa1225
acastc1225
accumberc1275
cumber1303
confoundc1330
overthrowc1375
cumrayc1425
overquell?c1450
overwhelvec1450
to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500
prostrate1531
quash1556
couch1577
unhorse1577
prosternate1593
overbeata1616
unchariot1715
floor1828
quench1841
to knock over1853
fling1889
to throw down1890
steamroller1912
wipe1972
zonk1973
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 132 We would muster all..and powring Warre Into the bowels of vngratefull Rome, Like a bold Flood o're-beate.
a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. iv. sig. D6, in Five New Playes (1653) Or has not my mother over-beaten you, father?
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 253 They more many than my Nation in the Place where me was; they take one, two, three, and me; my Nation over beat them in the yonder Place, where me no was.
1881 Daily News 22 Aug. 5/7 He soon warmed up and was able to not only overbeat hostility, but to command general and enthusiastic applause.
2. transitive. Cookery. To beat (food) excessively.
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1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 May e1 Add eggs, one at a time. Don't overbeat.
1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 26 Feb. 45 Add the flour, 1 cup at a time, until it is all incorporated; do not overbeat it.
2000 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 11 Dec. (Food section) 1 Do not overbeat the egg whites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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