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overborne

American  
[oh-ver-bawrn, -bohrn] / ˌoʊ vərˈbɔrn, -ˈboʊrn /

adjective

  1. overcome; crushed; oppressed.


verb

  1. past participle of overbear.

Etymology

Origin of overborne

First recorded in 1605–15


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Watts was "obsessed" with Sansom, but it was not a case of "one person's will being overborne by another", the judge added.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025

Charles Cherry is the over-bearing husband who is finally overborne.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Rains was all but overborne by the wooden acting of Hollywood Starlet Marisa Pavan.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were not overborne by the implications of Communist military power.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was overborne, and I regret to say I stopped and listened.

From Strange Stories by Grant Allen

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