Meanings
verboverpress (third-person singular simple present overpresses, present participle overpressing, simple past and past participle overpressed)
present singular third person overpresses · participle present overpressing · participle past overpressed · past overpressed
- transitiveTo bear upon (someone or something) with irresistible force; to crush, to overwhelm.
overpress'd spirits
c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]1 more example
Deare heart forbeare to glance thine eye aſide, / VVhat needſt thou vvound vvith cunning vvhen thy might / Is more then my ore-preſt defence can bide?
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 139”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature I, verso - transitiveTo overcome by importunity.
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