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Definition of Overmastered
1. overmaster [v] - See also: overmaster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overmastered
Literary usage of Overmastered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"... respect for Arden, she repents, and goes on sinning ; wishes to get disentangled,
but is overmastered by Mosby's stronger will. ..."
2. The Moral Philosophy of Aristotle: Consisting of a Translation of the by Aristotle, Walter Mooney Hatch, Edwin Hatch, William Archibald Spooner (1879)
"There are pleasures and pains so great and violent that the man who is overcome
by them deservedly claims some consideration : to be overmastered by such ..."
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