overmaster
overmaster verb: to overpower or overwhelm.
Verb
overmaster (third-person singular simple present overmasters, present participle overmastering, simple past and past participle overmastered)
- To overpower or overwhelm.
- Sir Jasper started from his chair, ashamed of the sick fancies that had, for the moment, overmastered him.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Evening Alone”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 303
- Did I forget! Shall I ever . . . can I ever! Can any of us ever forget that terrible scene! Mina struggled hard to keep her brave countenance, but the pain overmastered her and she put her hands before her face, and shuddered whilst she moaned.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC
Forms of overmaster
| third-person singular present | overmasters |
|---|---|
| present participle | overmastering |
| past participle | overmastered |
| past | overmastered |
Origin of overmaster
From over- + master.
Words that rhyme with overmaster
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- adelaster
- astrologaster
- canaster
- copastor
- cotoneaster
- criticaster
- diaster
- faster
- grammaticaster
- headmaster
- hereticaster
- historiaster
- historicaster
- interpilaster
- Jaster
- Kaster
- laster
- logicaster
- mathematicaster
- medicaster
- monaster
- musicaster
- outmaster
- paster
- philologaster
- philosophaster
- pinaster
- poetaster
- politicaster
- replaster
- scientaster
- sterraster
- theologaster
- usageaster
- verticillaster
- witticaster
Questions about overmaster
- What does overmaster mean?
- Overmaster means to overpower or overwhelm.
- What part of speech is overmaster?
- Overmaster is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overmaster?
- The past tense of overmaster is overmastered.
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