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Definitions for overmaster
ˌoʊ vərˈmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stərover·mas·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overpower, overmaster, overwhelmverb

    overcome by superior force

Wiktionary

  1. overmasterverb

    to overpower or overwhelm

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Overmasterverb

    To subdue; to govern.

    Etymology: over and master.

    For your desire to know what is between us,
    O’er-master it as you may. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    So sleeps a pilot, whose poor bark is prest
    With many a merciless o’er-mast’ring wave. Richard Crashaw.

    Over-mastered with a score of drunkards, the only soldiery left about them, or else to comply with all rapines and violences. John Milton, on Education.

ChatGPT

  1. overmaster

    Overmaster refers to gaining control or overwhelming superiority over someone or something. It can also mean to overpower, dominate, surmount or conquer.

Wikidata

  1. Overmaster

    The Overmaster is a DC Comics supervillain. He first appeared behind the scenes in Justice League of America #233, and was created by Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overmaster

    ō-vėr-mas′tėr, v.t. to subdue, to govern: to get and keep in one's power.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overmaster in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overmaster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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