transitive. Chiefly in passive. Of an emotion, physical condition, etc.: to overpower or overwhelm; to exhaust or render helpless; to affect or…

transitive. To overpower, conquer, get the better of, trample upon. Also intransitive.

transitive. To overtake; to overcome, subdue.

transitive. To overcome, to overpower, to defeat.

transitive. To cause to bend; hence, to throw down, overthrow; also, to overcome. (Cf. modern double up.) figurative. To prevail upon by entreaty.

transitive. To overcome, overpower, get the better of (by force, deceit, etc.); to oppress, overwhelm. Also in weakened use.

transitive. To push (a person or thing) to the ground; (in extended use) to overthrow; to defeat. Also figurative. Cf. downbear, v.

transitive. To overpower, overwhelm, or overthrow by force, violence, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To go beyond, overcome; to surpass, excel; †to vanquish, crush (obsolete). English regional (northern) in later use.

transitive. To conquer, master; to overcome.

transitive. To overpower, overwhelm. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To bring to sudden ruin or destruction; to engulf; to crush; to defeat utterly or conclusively. Also: to overcome or overpower with…

transitive. To turn (a vessel, etc.) upside down so as to cover something; gen. to turn or roll over, overturn; to upheave. to whelve over, to…

transitive. figurative. To overpower, overcome, defeat comprehensively.

transitive. To ‘take hold of’ or affect suddenly or unexpectedly. To overcome, overpower (the mind, will, heart); to captivate. Obsolete.

transitive. To press (a person, etc.) with excessive physical force, so as to overcome; to crush. Obsolete.

intransitive. ? To bear down heavily on.

transitive. To overpower, overmaster, overwhelm.

transitive. To bear down, thrust, push, or drive over by weight or physical force; to overwhelm; to overcome.

transitive. To crow or exult over; to triumph over; to overpower.

transitive. gen. To incapacitate, render ineffective, put out of action; to overwhelm.

transitive. To overcome.

transitive. To defeat or overcome with superior power or force; to reduce to submission.

transitive. To overcome, overpower. Chiefly in passive. Now rare.

intransitive. To overcome, conquer. rare after 17th cent.

transitive. To put down, overcome, overwhelm, or defeat (a person) by force or vigour of argument, criticism, abuse, etc. Now rare (in modern use…

transitive. Of an emotion, fatigue, etc.: to overcome (a person, etc.) by intensity; to be too much or too intense for; to overwhelm. Chiefly in p…

To overpower, constrain. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. slang. To take advantage of (someone); to circumvent; (also, in later use) to dominate, overwhelm.

transitive. To take possession of (a person); to influence.

to grab (also take) by the balls: to take control of, to overwhelm; to engage forcibly or decisively with.