Overpower
[əʊvə'paʊə] or ['ovɚ'paʊɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
(n.) A dominating power.
Typist: Sadie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Subdue, conquer, overwhelm, overcome, overturn, over-bear, overmaster, defeat, rout, crash, beat, vanquish, subjugate, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand of.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MASTER]
Checker: Mimi
Definition
v.t. to have or gain power over: to subdue defeat: to overwhelm.—adj. Overpow′ering excessive in degree or amount: irresistible.—adv. Overpow′eringly.
Inputed by Jeanine
Examples
- What a mistake Ryland made, said Raymond, when he thought to overpower me the other night. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He will overpower the English, shrieked Isidor to his master, and will be here to-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He will overpower the English, and be here to-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My strength thou mayst indeed overpower for God made women weak, and trusted their defence to man's generosity. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She has suffered somewhat from the bite of the adder; but it is exhaustion which has overpowered her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Facing her on the bank blazed the fire, which at once sent a ruddy glare into the room where she was, and overpowered the candles. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was overpowered by shame and vexation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And high up here, on the crest, moved a wind that almost overpowered him with a sleep-heavy iciness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She appeared to have gone to change her dress, and to have sunk down overpowered. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His first proceeding is to hold the piece of money to the gas-light and to be overpowered at finding that it is yellow--gold. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The sensation of being stifled sometimes so overpowered him, that he would stand at the window holding his throat and gasping. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In my overpowering anxiety to hear what she had to tell me, I could not answer her--I could only put questions on my side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was altogether splendid, massive, overpowering, and impracticable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And she had a disagreeable consciousness of not appearing to imply that it had been an overpowering pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It must, as you say, have been an overpowering necessity which tore him away in such a fashion, and the same necessity is likely to hold him away. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Even to see Mr. Crawford would be less overpowering. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In the overpowering fears about to-morrow she had forgotten Rebecca--jealousy--everything except that her husband was gone and was in danger. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Under the overpowering influence of these sickly imaginations the moral teachings of Gautama have been almost hid from view. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My good friend,' said Mr. Pickwick, taking the old man by the hand, 'your honest confidence overpowers me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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