Definition of Overborne

1. Verb. (past of overbear) ¹

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Definition of Overborne

1. overbear [v] - See also: overbear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overborne

overboils
overbold
overboldness
overbook
overbooked
overbooker
overbookers
overbooking
overbookings
overbookish
overbooks
overboot
overboots
overbore
overborn
overborne
overborrow
overborrowed
overborrowing
overborrows
overbought
overbounteous
overbow
overbowed
overbowing
overbows
overbrake
overbraked
overbrakes
overbraking

Literary usage of Overborne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... NON-INHERITANCE III CERTAIN CASES —INHERITANCE OF STRUCTURE AND HABITS Overborne BY HOSTILE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, BY INCESSANTLY ..."

2. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... for intrepidity. only durst support the accused, but they were overborne by the majority. ... overborne ..."

3. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"Some of these last are delightful exhibitions of the play and freedom of his mind, when not overborne by harassing engagements. ..."

4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"... candidate for judge in the Kansas City circuit, but, with all the other candidates on the ticket, was overborne by the prevailing democratic majority. ..."

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