Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overwield
Participle: overwielded
Gerund: overwielding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overwield |
| you | overwield |
| he;she;it | overwields |
| we | overwield |
| you | overwield |
| they | overwield |
Perfect
| I | have overwielded |
| you | have overwielded |
| he;she;it | has overwielded |
| we | have overwielded |
| you | have overwielded |
| they | have overwielded |
Past
| I | overwielded |
| you | overwielded |
| he;she;it | overwielded |
| we | overwielded |
| you | overwielded |
| they | overwielded |
Pluperfect
| I | had overwielded |
| you | had overwielded |
| he;she;it | had overwielded |
| we | had overwielded |
| you | had overwielded |
| they | had overwielded |
Future
| I | will overwield |
| you | will overwield |
| he;she;it | will overwield |
| we | will overwield |
| you | will overwield |
| they | will overwield |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overwielded |
| you | will have overwielded |
| he;she;it | will have overwielded |
| we | will have overwielded |
| you | will have overwielded |
| they | will have overwielded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overwield |
| you | overwield |
| he;she;it | overwield |
| we | overwield |
| you | overwield |
| they | overwield |
Perfect
| I | have overwielded |
| you | have overwielded |
| he;she;it | have overwielded |
| we | have overwielded |
| you | have overwielded |
| they | have overwielded |
Imperfect
| I | overwielded |
| you | overwielded |
| he;she;it | overwielded |
| we | overwielded |
| you | overwielded |
| they | overwielded |
Pluperfect
| I | had overwielded |
| you | had overwielded |
| he;she;it | had overwielded |
| we | had overwielded |
| you | had overwielded |
| they | had overwielded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overwield |
| you | would overwield |
| he;she;it | would overwield |
| we | would overwield |
| you | would overwield |
| they | would overwield |
Perfect
| I | would have overwielded |
| you | would have overwielded |
| he;she;it | would have overwielded |
| we | would have overwielded |
| you | would have overwielded |
| they | would have overwielded |
Imperative
| you | overwield |
| we | Let's overwield |
| you | overwield |
Verbs conjugated like 'overwield'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overwield'
overgild,
overwell,
overwhelm,
overwind,
bewield,
overbend,
overbid,
overbill,
overbind,
overbleed,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + wield.
Sample Sentences
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When V and N (either in en as a wordending, or the pronoun en) come together, the v often overwields the n which in its new form overwields the v that becomes b. [1886, William Barnes, A Glossary of the Dorset Dialect:]
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This was because many of them believed that the Emir had overwielded his power against his real and imagined enemies and therefore stepped on many people's toes. [2009, Yusuf Saad Omoiya, The Origin and British Colonial Impact on the Cosmopolitan Community of Ilorin in the 20th Century:]
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His persuasive power was overwielded, and overshadowed by his intensity, which made him seem to them on the verge of spooky. [2016, T. Wells, Wild Man:]