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Definition of Overpeers
1. overpeer [v] - See also: overpeer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpeers
Literary usage of Overpeers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"Ah! if he would but appeal to the purblind Commons to cease blowing politically
Norse in compliance with the wishes of their overpeers. ..."
2. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"... is pretty much all enlisted or impressed into the service of sensuality, yet
nowise so but that the servant still overpeers and outshines the master. ..."
3. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"... is pretty much all enlisted or impressed into the service of sensuality, yet
nowise so but that the servant still overpeers and outshines the master. ..."
4. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake (1875)
"Green Mountain overpeers all the others. On its summit you are fifteen hundred
and thirty-five feet higher than the sea. On this account it was selected as ..."
5. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"But the winds roar, shaking the rooted trees, And see ! a bright precursor to a
train Perchance as numerous, overpeers the rock That sullenly refuses to ..."
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