OVERBEAR

overbear

(verb) bear too much

overbear

(verb) overcome; “overbear criticism, protest, or arguments”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

overbear (third-person singular simple present overbears, present participle overbearing, simple past overbore, past participle overborne)

(obsolete, transitive) To carry over. [10th-14th c.]

(transitive) To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome. [from 16th c.]

(transitive) To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress. [from 16th c.]

(intransitive) To produce an overabundance of fruit. [from 18th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

O`ver*bear", v. t.

1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. Bacon. Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. Dryden. They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. Jowett (Thucyd. )

2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.

O`ver*bear", v. i.

Definition: To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition