overborne, ppl. a.
(-ˈbɔən)
[pa. pple. of overbear v.]
Borne down by superior force or pressure; oppressed: see overbear v.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. vii. 222 And euer bare as hard an hand ouer the ouerborne Britains. 1762 J. Woolman Wks. (1840) 225 An overborne discontented reaper. 1901 G. B. Shaw Devil's Disciple i. 19 Uncle Titus, overborne, resumes his seat on the sofa. 1961 in Webster s.v., Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne. 1977 Navy News Sept. 7/1, I seem to remember reading in Navy News a while ago that the Navy was so overborne with cooks that some could expect to be drafted to non-cooking billets. |