Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-VER-POW'ER
O-VER-POW'ER, v.t.
- To affect with a power or force that can not be borne; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
- To vanquish by force; to subdue; to reduce to silence in action or submission; to defeat. Dryden. Watts.
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