Meaning

verb overcome

verb bear too much

verb contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English overbore From over- + bore.

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