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overbear

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8 lettersPronunciation /əʊvəˈbɛː/Part of speech verbSorted abeeorrvStarts with OEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

Word origin

From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.

Used in a sentence

  • I attacked first and they were overborne, / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing.
  • It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].

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