overpress
overpress verb: to bear upon (someone or something) with irresistible force; to crush, to overwhelm.
Verb
overpress (third-person singular simple present overpresses, present participle overpressing, simple past and past participle overpressed)
- To bear upon (someone or something) with irresistible force; to crush, to overwhelm.
- Deare heart forbeare to glance thine eye aſide, / VVhat needſt thou vvound vvith cunning vvhen thy might / Is more then my ore-preſt defence can bide?1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 139”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature I, verso
- overpress'd spiritsc. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...
- To overcome by importunity.
Forms of overpress
| third-person singular present | overpresses |
|---|---|
| present participle | overpressing |
| past participle | overpressed |
| past | overpressed |
Origin of overpress
From over- + press.
Questions about overpress
- What does overpress mean?
- Overpress means to bear upon (someone or something) with irresistible force; to crush, to overwhelm.
- What part of speech is overpress?
- Overpress is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overpress?
- The past tense of overpress is overpressed.
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