overbear
(verb) bear too much
overbear
(verb) overcome; “overbear criticism, protest, or arguments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overborne
simple past tense and past participle of overbear
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
28 June 2025
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
