oversway (v.) Old form(s): o're-swaies , ore-swaies , o'resway, ore-sway , ouer-swayed
prevail upon, override, overturn
Ham V.i.224[Priest to Laertes] great command o'ersways the order
JC II.i.203[Decius to all, of Caesar] If he be so resolved, / I can o'ersway him
LLL V.ii.67[Rosaline to Princess, of Berowne] So pair-taunt-like would I o'ersway his state / That he should be my fool
Sonn.65.2[of everything in the world] sad mortality o'ersways their power
Ven.109[Venus to Adonis, of Mars] Thus he that overruled I overswayed
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