overmaster
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of overmaster
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at over-, master
Example Sentences
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It was a welcome reminder that even in the rankly toxic House of Representatives, sometimes the personal transcends the ideological and that civility and empathy can overmaster appearances.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2012
Illusions which, though now in some measure dispelled, were long powerful enough to overmaster the mind of every politician, both speculative and practical, in Europe.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
Once more that unaccountable feeling of irritation seemed to overmaster her, the same sense of wrath and of injustice which had assailed her when she first spoke to him.
From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
It had begun so delicately; it became in a little while so determined, it threatened to overmaster him.
From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon
For a little while he could not trust himself to speak; his love threatened to overmaster his self-renunciation.
From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by Allen, James Lane
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