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overmastered

overmastered is the simple past and past participle of overmaster.

Meaning of overmaster

Verb

overmaster (third-person singular simple present overmasters, present participle overmastering, simple past and past participle overmastered)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about overmastered

What is overmastered the simple past and past participle of?
Overmastered is the simple past and past participle of overmaster.

Words near overmastered in the dictionary

  1. overmassaging
  2. overmassive
  3. overmast
  4. overmasted
  5. overmaster
  6. overmastered
  7. overmasterful
  8. overmasterfulness
  9. overmastering
  10. overmasteringly
  11. overmasters

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