overbear
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/əʊvəˈbɛː/
(UK)
Definition of overbear
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To carry over.
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verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To carry over.
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(transitive)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.”
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(transitive)To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress.
“It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].”
- (intransitive)To produce an overabundance of fruit.
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Etymology
From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.
Words you can make from overbear
86 playable · top: BEAVER (11 pts)
Best play beaver 11 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
24 words3-letter words
32 words- AVE 6 pts
- AVO 6 pts
- EVE 6 pts
- OVA 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- VAR 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- VOE 6 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- BRO 5 pts
- BRR 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- ORB 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- ROB 5 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
2-letter words
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