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Meanings of overmaster in inglês

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superar pela força

Overcome by superior force.

        superar pela força
        Usage of overmaster in inglês
        1
        Harlson had but one thought: to overmaster in some way his assailant.
        A Man and a Woman
        2
        She said: It is well; I will take that, lest desire overmaster thee.
        The Water of the Wondrous Isles
        3
        For a minute or two it seemed that these would overmaster the defence.
        Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
        4
        For a moment I felt the anger at his treachery almost overmaster me.
        John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars...
        5
        She hated it, but she did not let it overmaster her.
        The Nine-Tenths
        6
        He would be powerless to help if he let weakness overmaster him now.
        The Price of Things
        7
        Let it not overmaster her patience; let it not be too much for her.
        Paul Faber, Surgeon
        8
        So long as the masculine will overmaster the feminine, the feminine mind is satisfied.
        Hints for Lovers
        9
        So much the preference of contrivance to labor overmaster the mastering desire to become rich.
        The Growth of Thought as Affecting the Progress of Society
        10
        Would it not grieve a woman to be overmaster'd with a piece of valiant dust?
        Much Ado about Nothing
        11
        And how shall you, a single man, overmaster him?
        Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
        12
        His great strength must have some outlet, lest it should overmaster the gentleness of his love.
        The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
        13
        He feared that his anger might overmaster him.
        Nonsense Novels
        14
        I couldn't overmaster the images of the night before, of her standing bewildered in the chapel door.
        Vittorio, the vampire
        15
        He was one of those unhappy creatures whom an idea has power to shake, and almost to overmaster.
        The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
        16
        He longed to cry to her from his soul, to crush her body against his, to overmaster her.
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        Overmaster through the time