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To pour out. [Obs.] Spenser.

imp. of Outgo.

To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear. The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. Spenser.

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.

Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. -- O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly, adv.

One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. Bacon.

To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] Shak.

To tower over or above.

Too weak; too feeble.

To wear too much; to wear out. Drayton.

To weary too much; to tire out. Dryden.

To expose too long to the influence of the weather. [Obs.] Shak.

egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume. They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. Milton.

One who overweens. [R.] The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke.

Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. -- O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton. -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n. Here's an overweening rogue. Shak.

To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. Drayton. Hooker.

Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

To overflow. R. D. Blackmore.

Excessive wetness. [Obs.] Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. Bacon.

To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victoty to his lieutenants. Milton. O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. Pope.