overbear
(verb) bear too much
overbear
(verb) overcome; “overbear criticism, protest, or arguments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overbore (not comparable)
(firearms) Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
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.
overbore
simple past tense and past participle of overbear
• overrobe
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
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
