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overbear
verb
o‧ver‧bear
past tense
overbore
past participle
overborne
[
transitive usually passive
]
to defeat someone or something
:
She is independent-minded enough not to be easily overborne by her husband.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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