Overpower 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.
overpower transitive verbDate: 1593 1. to overcome by superior force ;subdue2. to affect with overwhelming intensity <the stench
overpowered us> 3. to provide with more power than
is needed or desirable <a dangerously overpowered car>
• overpoweringlyadverb
overpower 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.
overpower
(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
overpower
ˌəuvəˈpauə 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. øøoverpowering adj. overpoweringly adv.
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.
overpower
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.
overpower
ˌəuvəˈpauə v.
1 overcome, overwhelm, beat, vanquish, conquer, defeat, crush, put down, worst, best,
prevail, master, quell, subdue, subjugate: The thugs easily overpowered the elderly couple and
took their money.
2 overcome, overwhelm, dumbfound or dumfound, daze, stagger, amaze, stun, stupefy,
nonplus, strike, Colloq floor: I was quite overpowered by the grandeur of the house.
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