overbear

t. & i. [Eng. over, and bear, v.] A. Transitive: *1. To bear down, to overpower, to overwhelm. "[He] freshly looks, and overbears attaint." Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. (Chorus.) IMG:content-0446.png:[blocks in formation] "The same front of haughtine , the same brow of over be a rance." -H. Brooke : Fool of Quality , i. 216. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; overbright ō-ver-beär-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [OVERBEAR.] A. Aspr.par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Bearing or pre ing down by weight or number; overpowering. 2. Dogmatical, arrogant, haughty, imperious. *C. As subst.: Overpowering weight or influence. "The over bearings of pa ion." - Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a , ch. xxiii. ō-ver-beär-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. overbearing :-ly.] In an overbearing manner; haughtily, imperiously. ō-ver-běnd', v. t. & i. [Eng. over , and bend .] A. Trans.: To bend to exce ; to apply too much in any direction. ( Bp . Hall : The Christian , § 3.) *B. In trans.: To bend over. *ō-ver-bi-as, v. t. [Eng. over , and bias .] To influence unduly. "Over biased by their own private interests."-Gauden: Tears of the Church, p. 180. ō-ver-bid', v. t. & i. [Eng. over, and bid.] A. Trans.: To bid or offer too much for; to offer more than the value of. "You have o'erbid all my past sufferings." Dryden: Spanish Friar, ii. 1. B. In trans.: To bid too highly; to offer an exce ive price. "Take it, h'as overbidden by the sun: bind him to his bargain quickly."-Beaum. & Flet.: Scornful Lady, ii. 1. ō-ver-bide', v. i. [A. S. oferbidan .] To remain or live after. ( Seven Sages , 1,731.)