overbear

/əʊvəˈbɛː/

Etymology

From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.

verb

  1. To carry over.
  2. To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome.“I attacked first and they were overborne, / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing.”
  3. To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress.“It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].”
  4. To produce an overabundance of fruit.