overpower
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English overpower From over- + power.
Definitions
To subdue someone by superior force.
- We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours.
- Amidst all the chaos, Großer Kurfürst slows up and strikes her colors, her crew having had enough, and have^([sic]) overpowered the officers - willing to fight, but not willing to commit suicide.
To excel or exceed in power
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
- Bright light overpowers the eyes.
- But the shrill wild cry of the heron overpowered the cries of all the other birds, whom it seemed to terrify; they were silent the moment they heard it, and a silence followed which made the interruption doubly unpleasant.
To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity, etc.
- The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs.
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To make excessively powerful.
- Rather than overpowering the characters or giving them some kind of slow-mo adrenalin abilities, Bloody Days does the most unexpected thing: it introduces a genuinely smart tactical system.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at overpower. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at overpower. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at overpower
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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