OVERBORE
OVERBEAR
overbear
(verb) bear too much
overbear
(verb) overcome; “overbear criticism, protest, or arguments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
overbore (not comparable)
(firearms) Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
Verb
overbore (third-person singular simple present overbores, present participle overboring, simple past and past participle overbored)
(firearms, transitive) To modify so that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
Etymology 2
Verb
overbore
simple past tense and past participle of overbear
Anagrams
• overrobe
Source: Wiktionary
OVERBEAR
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