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To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson.

Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.

A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.

To arch over; to vault. Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. Grew.

An overweening idea of one's self; vanity. Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. Cotton.

e verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. Macaulay. To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.

n (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong.

One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.

To lament or grieve over. [R.] I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.

ed or condoned. W. Black. It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.

(Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.

A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.

Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co

To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at. To connive at what it does not approve. Jer. Taylor. In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouragin…

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish. "If thou conquer Rome." Shak. If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us. Shak. We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms…