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přemoci — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • daunt verb To discourage, intimidate.
  • overcome verb To successfully deal with or defeat a difficulty or obstacle.
  • overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.
  • quell verb To bring a disturbance, rebellion, or strong feeling under control; to suppress it.
  • stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
  • subdue verb To bring a person, animal, or feeling under control, often by force or effort.

Senses

přemoci is used for these senses in English:

  • daunt (transitive) To overwhelm.
  • overwhelm To overpower emotionally.
  • overwhelm To cause to surround, to cover.
  • quell (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
  • stifle (transitive, also, figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.

daunt — full definition

  1. verb To discourage, intimidate.
  2. verb To overwhelm.

overcome — full definition

  1. verb To successfully deal with or defeat a difficulty or obstacle.
  2. adj Emotionally overwhelmed, especially by strong feeling.

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