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Definition of Overborne
1. overbear [v] - See also: overbear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overborne
Literary usage of Overborne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... NON-INHERITANCE III CERTAIN CASES —INHERITANCE OF STRUCTURE AND HABITS overborne
BY HOSTILE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, BY INCESSANTLY ..."
2. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... for intrepidity. only durst support the accused, but they were overborne by
the majority. ... overborne ..."
3. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"Some of these last are delightful exhibitions of the play and freedom of his
mind, when not overborne by harassing engagements. ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"... candidate for judge in the Kansas City circuit, but, with all the other
candidates on the ticket, was overborne by the prevailing democratic majority. ..."
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