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overpresses

overpresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overpresses

What is overpresses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overpresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpress.

Words near overpresses in the dictionary

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

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