What does overmastering mean?
Overmastering means present participle and gerund of overmaster.
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/əʊvəˈmɑːstəɹɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of overmaster.
Their overmastering fear of witchcraft
Yet from my very earliest consciousness I sensed with savage unswerving certainty that other people were not seized by the same rapacious greed, insatiable hunger, overmastering desire, shivering lust and terrible, hurting need that had me in its grip almost every hour of every day.
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Overmastering means present participle and gerund of overmaster.
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Their overmastering fear of witchcraft
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