overpowerv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈpaʊ(ə)r/

Forms: see over- prefix and power n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, power n.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + power n.¹

1. transitive. To defeat or overcome with superior power or force; to reduce to submission.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)]

wieldOE

i-weldeOE

onwaldOE

overwieldlOE

amaistera1250

underlaya1300

daunt1303

underbringc1320

yoke?c1335

undercasta1340

afaitec1350

faite1362

subjecta1382

to make subjectc1384

distraina1400

underlouta1400

underthewa1400

underset1422

subjectc1460

subjuge?1473

submise?1473

dompt1480

suppedit?1483

to keep under1486

abandon1487

bandon?a1500

suppeditatec1545

to bring under1563

reduce1569

assubject1579

overpower1597

envassal1606

assubjugate1609

vassal1612

subact1619

vassalize1647

vassalate1659

to school down1818

to ride herd on (also over)1895

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm

overcomeeOE

overgangOE

overnimOE

overswivec1175

foldc1275

overgoc1275

to bear downc1330

oversetc1330

outrayc1390

overleada1393

overreach?a1425

overwhelmc1425

to whelve overc1440

overruna1475

surprise1474

overpress1489

surbatea1500

overhale1531

overbear1535

overcrow1550

disable1582

surgain1586

overpower1597

overman1609

to come over ——1637

to run down1655

overpower1667

compel1697

to get over ——1784

overget1877

to grab (also take) by the balls1934

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 31 The Lyon dying..woundes the earth if nothing else with rage, To be ore-powr'd.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. x. 186 The Christians..though over-powered in number, made a great slaughter of their enemies.

1656 Duchess of Newcastle Assaulted & Pursued Chastity 249 They were beset with multitudes of Country people, who flocked together..; and being more in numbers than they were, overpowr'd them, taking them as Prisoners.

1707 Boston News-let. 8 Dec. 2/2 And then the Engagement begun very sharp... The Cumberland, Royal Oak and Ruby were forced to strike, being overpowered by the Enemy.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. x. 102 Mrs Selwyn quite overpowered me with the force of her arguments.

1830 J. McHenry Betrothed of Wyoming vii. 86 In the mean time it was proposed that an armed force, sufficient to overpower them, should be collected as secretly as possible.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 39 Those officers who attempted to restrain the rioters were overpowered and disarmed.

1984 ‘A. Cross’ Sweet Death, Kind Death (1988) xi. 128 A man could have overpowered her; a woman couldn't... She was in good shape.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 233 As if with a spingard shot he could overpower all enemies, he aimed his gun.

2. transitive. To make imperceptible or weaken (something, esp. a quality) by greater force or intensity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)

shendOE

whelvec1000

allayOE

ofdrunkenc1175

quenchc1175

quashc1275

stanchc1315

quella1325

slockena1340

drenchc1374

vanquishc1380

stuffa1387

daunt?a1400

adauntc1400

to put downa1425

overwhelmc1425

overwhelvec1450

quatc1450

slockc1485

suppressa1500

suffocate1526

quealc1530

to trample under foot1530

repress1532

quail1533

suppress1537

infringe1543

revocate1547

whelm1553

queasom1561

knetcha1564

squench1577

restinguish1579

to keep down1581

trample1583

repel1592

accable1602

crush1610

to wrestle down?1611

chokea1616

stranglea1616

stifle1621

smother1632

overpower1646

resuppress1654

strangulate1665

instranglea1670

to choke back, down, in, out1690

to nip or crush in the bud1746

spiflicate1749

squasha1777

to get under1799

burke1835

to stamp out1851

to trample down1853

quelch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

smash1865

garrotte1878

scotch1888

douse1916

to drive under1920

stomp1936

stultify1958

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 4 Whether the efficacie of the one had not overpowred the penalty of the other, we leave it unto God.

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 91 Without being over-power'd by some Herb of a stronger Taste, so as to endanger the native Sapor and Vertue of the rest.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xiv. 288 Nor could the Emanation of Sweets which flowed from her Breath, overpower the Fumes of Tobacco which played in the Parson's Nostrils.

a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 198 Can..suns..O'erpower the fire, that animates our frame?

1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 150 Strong sauces that overpower the natural flavour of the fish.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 463 All such sympathies were now overpowered by a stronger feeling.

1870 W. Collins Man & Wife II. xxvii. 87 The horror of seeing herself set up as an obstacle to Blanche's marriage, might have been vivid enough to overpower all sense of her own wrongs.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door i. 11 In spring the searching odour was apt to overpower the wafts of lilac and hawthorn.

1996 VTV Aug. 45/2 I'm always a little nervous of too much Surround because it can overpower a film at this level.

3. transitive. Of an emotion, fatigue, etc.: to overcome (a person, etc.) by intensity; to be too much or too intense for; to overwhelm. Chiefly in passive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm

overcomeeOE

overgangOE

overnimOE

overswivec1175

foldc1275

overgoc1275

to bear downc1330

oversetc1330

outrayc1390

overleada1393

overreach?a1425

overwhelmc1425

to whelve overc1440

overruna1475

surprise1474

overpress1489

surbatea1500

overhale1531

overbear1535

overcrow1550

disable1582

surgain1586

overpower1597

overman1609

to come over ——1637

to run down1655

overpower1667

compel1697

to get over ——1784

overget1877

to grab (also take) by the balls1934

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 453 My earthly by his Heav'nly overpowerd..sunk down.

1692 Rival Mother 105 So being overpower'd by her grief, she quite abandon'd her self thereto.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 196 The sweet youth, overpower'd with the extasy, died away in my arms.

1777 R. B. Sheridan Governess ii. i. 16 Lord! Lord! I am afraid I shall be overpowered with her beauty.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 25 The violent agitation of mind, and fatigue of body..had overpowered her strength.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. vi. 61 Mr. Collins was carefully instructing them in what they were to expect, that the sight of such rooms, so many servants, and so splendid a dinner might not wholly overpower them.

1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. ii. iv. 255 The shy and secluded Student, whom it was his object to dazzle and overpower.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 91 We might be overpowered with the grandeur of the house.

1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xxi. 225 She could see his next words burst out because he was overpowered by curiosity.

2002 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 June 1 a She found herself overpowered by emotions and unable to focus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overpower
释义	overpowern. Brit. /ˈəʊvəˌpaʊə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌpaʊ(ə)r/ Forms: see over- prefix and power n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, power n.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + power n.¹ rare. †1. A state or condition of being too powerful. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > excessive or overwhelming power overpower1625 force majeure1883 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 337 When a State growes to an Ouer-power, it is like a great Floud, that will be sure to ouerflow. 2. A superior or supreme power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > superior overpower1887 1887 H. R. Haweis Light of Ages vi. 176 No flight or fall of birds could take place without the ken and guidance of the ‘Overpower’. 1918 M. Johnston Pioneers of Old South x. 132 He was the King's Governor and in good odor in England, where rested the overpower to which Virginia must bow, yet in this year Virginia..laid rude hands upon him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overpowerv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈpaʊ(ə)r/ Forms: see over- prefix and power n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, power n.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + power n.¹ 1. transitive. To defeat or overcome with superior power or force; to reduce to submission. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] wieldOE i-weldeOE onwaldOE overwieldlOE amaistera1250 underlaya1300 daunt1303 underbringc1320 yoke?c1335 undercasta1340 afaitec1350 faite1362 subjecta1382 to make subjectc1384 distraina1400 underlouta1400 underthewa1400 underset1422 subjectc1460 subjuge?1473 submise?1473 dompt1480 suppedit?1483 to keep under1486 abandon1487 bandon?a1500 suppeditatec1545 to bring under1563 reduce1569 assubject1579 overpower1597 envassal1606 assubjugate1609 vassal1612 subact1619 vassalize1647 vassalate1659 to school down1818 to ride herd on (also over)1895 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm overcomeeOE overgangOE overnimOE overswivec1175 foldc1275 overgoc1275 to bear downc1330 oversetc1330 outrayc1390 overleada1393 overreach?a1425 overwhelmc1425 to whelve overc1440 overruna1475 surprise1474 overpress1489 surbatea1500 overhale1531 overbear1535 overcrow1550 disable1582 surgain1586 overpower1597 overman1609 to come over ——1637 to run down1655 overpower1667 compel1697 to get over ——1784 overget1877 to grab (also take) by the balls1934 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 31 The Lyon dying..woundes the earth if nothing else with rage, To be ore-powr'd. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. x. 186 The Christians..though over-powered in number, made a great slaughter of their enemies. 1656 Duchess of Newcastle Assaulted & Pursued Chastity 249 They were beset with multitudes of Country people, who flocked together..; and being more in numbers than they were, overpowr'd them, taking them as Prisoners. 1707 Boston News-let. 8 Dec. 2/2 And then the Engagement begun very sharp... The Cumberland, Royal Oak and Ruby were forced to strike, being overpowered by the Enemy. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. x. 102 Mrs Selwyn quite overpowered me with the force of her arguments. 1830 J. McHenry Betrothed of Wyoming vii. 86 In the mean time it was proposed that an armed force, sufficient to overpower them, should be collected as secretly as possible. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 39 Those officers who attempted to restrain the rioters were overpowered and disarmed. 1984 ‘A. Cross’ Sweet Death, Kind Death (1988) xi. 128 A man could have overpowered her; a woman couldn't... She was in good shape. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 233 As if with a spingard shot he could overpower all enemies, he aimed his gun. 2. transitive. To make imperceptible or weaken (something, esp. a quality) by greater force or intensity. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 4 Whether the efficacie of the one had not overpowred the penalty of the other, we leave it unto God. View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 91 Without being over-power'd by some Herb of a stronger Taste, so as to endanger the native Sapor and Vertue of the rest. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xiv. 288 Nor could the Emanation of Sweets which flowed from her Breath, overpower the Fumes of Tobacco which played in the Parson's Nostrils. View more context for this quotation a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 198 Can..suns..O'erpower the fire, that animates our frame? 1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 150 Strong sauces that overpower the natural flavour of the fish. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 463 All such sympathies were now overpowered by a stronger feeling. 1870 W. Collins Man & Wife II. xxvii. 87 The horror of seeing herself set up as an obstacle to Blanche's marriage, might have been vivid enough to overpower all sense of her own wrongs. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door i. 11 In spring the searching odour was apt to overpower the wafts of lilac and hawthorn. 1996 VTV Aug. 45/2 I'm always a little nervous of too much Surround because it can overpower a film at this level. 3. transitive. Of an emotion, fatigue, etc.: to overcome (a person, etc.) by intensity; to be too much or too intense for; to overwhelm. Chiefly in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm overcomeeOE overgangOE overnimOE overswivec1175 foldc1275 overgoc1275 to bear downc1330 oversetc1330 outrayc1390 overleada1393 overreach?a1425 overwhelmc1425 to whelve overc1440 overruna1475 surprise1474 overpress1489 surbatea1500 overhale1531 overbear1535 overcrow1550 disable1582 surgain1586 overpower1597 overman1609 to come over ——1637 to run down1655 overpower1667 compel1697 to get over ——1784 overget1877 to grab (also take) by the balls1934 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 453 My earthly by his Heav'nly overpowerd..sunk down. View more context for this quotation 1692 Rival Mother 105 So being overpower'd by her grief, she quite abandon'd her self thereto. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 196 The sweet youth, overpower'd with the extasy, died away in my arms. 1777 R. B. Sheridan Governess ii. i. 16 Lord! Lord! I am afraid I shall be overpowered with her beauty. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 25 The violent agitation of mind, and fatigue of body..had overpowered her strength. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. vi. 61 Mr. Collins was carefully instructing them in what they were to expect, that the sight of such rooms, so many servants, and so splendid a dinner might not wholly overpower them. View more context for this quotation 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. ii. iv. 255 The shy and secluded Student, whom it was his object to dazzle and overpower. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 91 We might be overpowered with the grandeur of the house. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xxi. 225 She could see his next words burst out because he was overpowered by curiosity. 2002 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 June 1 a She found herself overpowered by emotions and unable to focus. 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