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overmasters

overmasters is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overmasters

What is overmasters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overmasters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overmaster.

Words near overmasters in the dictionary

  1. overmastered
  2. overmasterful
  3. overmasterfulness
  4. overmastering
  5. overmasteringly
  6. overmasters
  7. overmasting
  8. overmasts
  9. overmasturbation
  10. overmatch
  11. overmatched

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