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  1. 1. v. t. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. overcome Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. bear too much Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. Bacon. Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. Dryden. They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. Jowett (Thucyd. ) 2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific. Source: webster
  8. 8. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific. Source: adambom
  9. 9. v. overcome v. bear too much Source: ecdict

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