O′ver‐bear″ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts.
2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.
—O′ver‐bear″ing‐ly, adv. — O′ver‐bear″ing‐ness, n.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.