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overall market capacity
overall rate of return
overarch
overarching
overarm
overate
overawe
overbalance
overbear
overbearing
overbid
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overbear

o·ver·bear [ vər bér ] (past o·ver·bore [ vər báwr ], past participle o·ver·borne [ vər báwrn ] or o·ver·born, present participle o·ver·bear·ing, 3rd person present singular o·ver·bears)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb overpower somebody: to defeat somebody by having superior weight or strength

2. transitive verb surpass something in importance: to be more important than other considerations

3. intransitive verb produce too much: to produce too much fruit or too many offspring

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