overbear

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: o=ver=bear

CIDE DICTIONARY

overbear, v. t. 

•  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."  [1913 Webster]

  "Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell."  [1913 Webster]

  "They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them."  [1913 Webster]
•  To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.  [1913 Webster]

overbear, v. i. 

 To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

overbear, v.tr. (past -bore; past part. -borne)
1 (as overbearing adj.) a domineering, masterful. b overpowering.
2 bear down; upset by weight, force, or emotional pressure.
3 put down or repress by power or authority.
4 surpass in importance etc., outweigh.

Derivative

overbearingly adv. overbearingness n.