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Webster 1913 Edition
Overmatch
Oˊver-match′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.
Drayton.
2.
To marry (one) to a superior.
[Obs.]
Burton.
O′ver-matchˊ
,Noun.
One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.
Milton.
D. Webster.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overmatch
OVERMATCH'
,Verb.
T.
OVERMATCH'
,Noun.
Definition 2024
overmatch
overmatch
English
Noun
overmatch (plural overmatches)
- A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other
- 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, 2007 Oxford ed., ¶13:
- […] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.
- 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, 2007 Oxford ed., ¶13:
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Translations
Verb
overmatch (third-person singular simple present overmatches, present participle overmatching, simple past and past participle overmatched)
- To match more than intended.
- The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.
- To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.
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- To marry to a superior.
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