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To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.

To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle. This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been. Spenser.

To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth.

To quell or subdue completely. [R.] Bp. Hall.

To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.

Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.

To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] Spenser.

Had or held under obligation of paying; due. There is more owing her than is paid. Shak.

A hydrocarbon radical (C2O2) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it.

A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide.

artial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.

In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially. Shak.

Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellæ.

-- To pass a dividend, to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due. -- To pass away, to spend; to waste. "Lest she pass away the flower of her age." Ecclus. xlii. 9. -- To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook. -- To pass off, to impose fraudulently; t…

ality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues. Passive congestion (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. -- Passive iron (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It is then not easily acted upon by acids.…

The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 29.

or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton.

for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. P. Plowman. [She] pays me with disdain. Dryden.