overbear

Etymology

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

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To carry over.
2. (transitive) To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome.
   I attacked first and they were overborne, / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing. 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 287
3. (transitive) To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress.
4. (intransitive) To produce an overabundance of fruit.