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overpressed

overpressed is the simple past and past participle of overpress.

Meaning of overpress

Verb

overpress (third-person singular simple present overpresses, present participle overpressing, simple past and past participle overpressed)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) To overcome by importunity.

Questions about overpressed

What is overpressed the simple past and past participle of?
Overpressed is the simple past and past participle of overpress.

Words near overpressed in the dictionary

  1. overprescription
  2. overprescriptions
  3. overpresence
  4. overpresent
  5. overpress
  6. overpressed
  7. overpresses
  8. overpressing
  9. overpressure
  10. overpressured
  11. overpressures

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