Definition of Overpeers

1. Verb. (third-person singular of overpeer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overpeers

1. overpeer [v] - See also: overpeer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpeers

overpatient
overpay
overpaying
overpayment
overpayments
overpays
overpedal
overpedaled
overpedaling
overpedalled
overpedalling
overpedals
overpeer
overpeered
overpeering
overpeers
overpeople
overpeopled
overpeoples
overpeopling
overperceive
overperceived
overperceives
overperceiving
overperch
overperched
overperches
overperching
overperform
overperformed

Literary usage of Overpeers

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

1. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"Ah! if he would but appeal to the purblind Commons to cease blowing politically Norse in compliance with the wishes of their overpeers. ..."

2. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"... is pretty much all enlisted or impressed into the service of sensuality, yet nowise so but that the servant still overpeers and outshines the master. ..."

3. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"... is pretty much all enlisted or impressed into the service of sensuality, yet nowise so but that the servant still overpeers and outshines the master. ..."

4. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake (1875)
"Green Mountain overpeers all the others. On its summit you are fifteen hundred and thirty-five feet higher than the sea. On this account it was selected as ..."

5. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"But the winds roar, shaking the rooted trees, And see ! a bright precursor to a train Perchance as numerous, overpeers the rock That sullenly refuses to ..."

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