Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overpowered"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Overpower \O`ver*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpowered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overpowering}.]
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish;
to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. ``And
overpower'd that gallant few.'' --Wordsworth.

Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush;
overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

overpowered
adj : rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped
by work" [syn: {flooded}, {inundated}, {overcome}, {overwhelmed},
{swamped}, {engulfed}]


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