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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERPOW'ER, v.t.
1. To affect with a power or force that cannot be borne; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
2. To vanquish by force; to subdue; to reduce to silence in action or submission; to defeat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm]
2: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1593 1. to overcome by superior force ; subdue 2. to affect with overwhelming intensity <the stench overpowered us> 3. to provide with more power than is needed or desirable <a dangerously overpowered car> • overpoweringly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 reduce to submission, subdue. 2 make (a thing) ineffective or imperceptible by greater intensity. 3 (of heat, emotion, etc.) be too intense for, overwhelm. Derivatives: overpowering adj. overpoweringly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overpower O"ver*pow`er, n. A dominating power. --Bacon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overpower O`ver*pow"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overpowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Overpowering.] To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. ``And overpower'd that gallant few.'' --Wordsworth. Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush; overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(overpowers, overpowering, overpowered) 1. If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot. It took ten guardsmen to overpower him... VERB: V n 2. If a feeling overpowers you, it suddenly affects you very strongly. A sudden dizziness overpowered him... = overwhelm VERB: V n 3. In a sports match, when one team or player overpowers the other, they play much better than them and beat them easily. Britain's tennis No 1 yesterday overpowered American Brian Garrow 7-6, 6-3. VERB: V n 4. If something such as a colour or flavour overpowers another colour or flavour, it is so strong that it makes the second one less noticeable. On fair skin, pale shades are delicate enough not to overpower your colouring. = overwhelm VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Subdue, conquer, overwhelm, overcome, overturn, overbear, overmaster, defeat, rout, crush, beat, vanquish, subjugate, discomfit, get the better of, get the upper hand of, overmatch. 2. Overwhelm, overcome, overmaster, get the better of, affect by intensity.

Moby Thesaurus

amaze, be strong, bear down, beat, best, conquer, crush, daze, deck, defeat, drown out, dumbfound, floor, jam, master, nonplus, outroar, outshout, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pack a punch, prevail, put down, quell, send flying, shout down, silence, stagger, strike, stun, stupefy, subdue, subjugate, surmount, trip, trip up, upset, vanquish, whelm, worst