2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.

O`ver*bear", v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too

prolific.

O`ver*bear"ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts.

2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical;

dictatorial; insolent.

--O`ver*bear"ing*ly, adv. -- O`ver*bear"ing*ness, n.

O`ver*bend" (?), v. t. To bend to excess.

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