verb
Meaning 1
To overpower or overwhelm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overmaster
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rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
verb
Meaning 2
overcome by superior force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overpower, overwhelm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Narrower terms: steamroller, steamroll
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Old French maistrebor. Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master English overmaster From over- + master.