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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overpower \O"ver*pow`er\, n.
A dominating power. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
overpower
v 1: overcome by superior force [syn: {overmaster}, {overwhelm}]
2: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: {overwhelm},
{sweep over}, {whelm}, {overcome}, {overtake}]
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