Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In archery, equipped with too strong a bow.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overbow .
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Examples
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A stupid peasant scratching his head, a couple of critical Americans picking their steps, the walls tattered and befouled breast-high, dampness and decay striking in on your heart, and the scene overbowed by these heavenly frescoes, moulering there in their airy artistry!
Italian Hours Henry James 1879
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