OVERMASTER

overpower, overmaster, overwhelm

(verb) overcome by superior force

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overmaster (third-person singular simple present overmasters, present participle overmastering, simple past and past participle overmastered)

(transitive) To overpower or overwhelm.

Anagrams

• overstream

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*mas"ter, v. t.

Definition: To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 May 2024

FATIGUE

(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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