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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. overcome;
- Example: "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"

2. bear too much;

3. contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery;
[syn: bear down, overbear]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. --Jowett (Thucyd. ) [1913 Webster] 2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overbear \O`ver*bear"\, v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overbear v 1: overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments" 2: bear too much 3: contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery [syn: bear down, overbear]