The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overpress \O`ver*press"\, v. t.
To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
--Shak.To overcome by importunity.
--Johnson.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush or overwhelm. 2 (context transitive English) To overcome by importunity.
Usage examples of "overpress".
Jack could really see what she was like: she was rather heavier than the Surprise and she mounted another pair of guns - damned odd gunports amidships, too - but he had the impression that they overpressed her, that she would not handle easy and that she might be slack in stays: from the churning of her wake she must carry an uncommon strong weather-helm.
Defences broken, the Enemy retreated to the Inner Galleries of their Fortress where, with Fortitude and Determination, the Marines I had the Honour and Happiness to command, overpressed the Foe.
Aitken doubled the number of men at the wheel so that four stood a chance of preventing the overpressed frigate broaching as she raced to leeward, barely under control?
If I am not overpressed by other Subjects waiting their turn, if I can proceed at leisure, I may take an hour between picking up one paper and the next.
We have to consider all contingencies in the employment of our scanty and overpressed air force.
For some reason he thought about the flattened look of Lawson's overpressed brown suit.