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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERM'ASTER, v.t. To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 14th century overpower, subdue

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. master completely, conquer. Derivatives: overmastering adj. overmastery n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overmaster O`ver*mas"ter, v. t. To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. See overpower.

Moby Thesaurus

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