oversway

t. [Eng. over, and sway.] 1. To overrule, to direct, to control, to govern. ( Byron: Cain, ii. 2.) 2. To surpa in power. ( Shakesp .: Sonnet 65.) tō-ver-swěll', v . t . & i . [Eng. over , and swell , v.] A. Trans.: To swell or rise above. "Fill, Lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. B. In trans.: To overflow the banks. "Let floods o'erswell ." -Shakesp .: Henry V. , ii. 1. ō-ver-swift', *o-ver-swifte, a. [Eng. over , and swift .] Too quick; exceedingly swift or quick. "The sterre unfoldeth his overswifte arysings."- Chau cer: Boethius, bk. iv. ō-vert, a. [O. Fr. (Fr. ouvert ), pa. par. of ovrir (Fr. ouvrir ) = to open.] *I. Ord. Lang .: Open, plain, public, apparent. "The way thereto is so ouert." II. Technically : Chaucer: Hous of Fame , ii. Constitution of the United States . Overt.