Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Overbear

· O·ver·bear · IPA /əʊvəˈbɛː/

01 v. t. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.

1.
To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.
“The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war.” — Bacon.

“Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell.” — Dryden.

“They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them.” — Jowett (Thucyd. )
2.
To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.

02 v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.

1.
To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.