Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overbear
Participle: overborne; overborn
Gerund: overbearing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overbear |
| you | overbear |
| he;she;it | overbears |
| we | overbear |
| you | overbear |
| they | overbear |
Perfect
| I | have overborne; overborn |
| you | have overborne; overborn |
| he;she;it | has overborne; overborn |
| we | have overborne; overborn |
| you | have overborne; overborn |
| they | have overborne; overborn |
Past
| I | overbore |
| you | overbore |
| he;she;it | overbore |
| we | overbore |
| you | overbore |
| they | overbore |
Pluperfect
| I | had overborne; overborn |
| you | had overborne; overborn |
| he;she;it | had overborne; overborn |
| we | had overborne; overborn |
| you | had overborne; overborn |
| they | had overborne; overborn |
Future
| I | will overbear |
| you | will overbear |
| he;she;it | will overbear |
| we | will overbear |
| you | will overbear |
| they | will overbear |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overborne; overborn |
| you | will have overborne; overborn |
| he;she;it | will have overborne; overborn |
| we | will have overborne; overborn |
| you | will have overborne; overborn |
| they | will have overborne; overborn |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overbear |
| you | overbear |
| he;she;it | overbear |
| we | overbear |
| you | overbear |
| they | overbear |
Perfect
| I | have overborne; overborn |
| you | have overborne; overborn |
| he;she;it | have overborne; overborn |
| we | have overborne; overborn |
| you | have overborne; overborn |
| they | have overborne; overborn |
Imperfect
| I | overbore |
| you | overbore |
| he;she;it | overbore |
| we | overbore |
| you | overbore |
| they | overbore |
Pluperfect
| I | had overborne; overborn |
| you | had overborne; overborn |
| he;she;it | had overborne; overborn |
| we | had overborne; overborn |
| you | had overborne; overborn |
| they | had overborne; overborn |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overbear |
| you | would overbear |
| he;she;it | would overbear |
| we | would overbear |
| you | would overbear |
| they | would overbear |
Perfect
| I | would have overborne; overborn |
| you | would have overborne; overborn |
| he;she;it | would have overborne; overborn |
| we | would have overborne; overborn |
| you | would have overborne; overborn |
| they | would have overborne; overborn |
Imperative
| you | overbear |
| we | Let's overbear |
| you | overbear |
Verbs similar to 'overbear'
overfear,
overhear,
overwear,
overbend,
overbias,
overboard,
overclear,
overdeal,
overeat,
overheal,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, "to carry over," from over + bear (v.). Meaning "to bear down by weight of physical force" is from 1535 (in Coverdale), originally nautical, of an overwhelming wind; fig. sense of "to overcome and repress by power, authority, etc." is from 1565.
2. From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.
Sample Sentences
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[...] complexion. I had blue eyes, golden hair, a Greek outline, and fair complexion. He was active and observing, I dreamy and inactive. He was generous to his friends and equals, but proud, dominant, overbearing, to inferiors, and utterly unmerciful to whatever set itself up against him. Truthful we both were; he from pride and courage, I from a sort of abstract ideality. We loved each other about as boys [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] they _were_ alike, in fact. One fell into a condition where everything acted against the natural tendency, and the other where everything acted for it; and so one turned out a pretty wilful, stout, overbearing old democrat, and the other a wilful, stout old despot. If both had owned plantations in Louisiana, they would have been as like as two old bullets cast in the same mould. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)