See Also: overbear(medicine)
overbear(dictionary)
overbear(dictionary)

down-lie (iou) and overbear (oh)


down-lie (iou)



down-lie verb intrans. . E16.
[from DOWN- + LIE verb1.]
Lie down, go to bed. Also, be in labour, give birth. Chiefly as down-lying verbal noun & ppl adjective.

overbear (oh)



[T usually passive]
to defeat someone or something
::She is independent-minded enough not to be easily overborne by her husband.