overbend

verb

transitive verb

1

a

: to cause to bend over

more overbent than ever by his task

—Adrian Bell

b

: to take a bent position over

brooks overbent by arching boughs

2

: to bend (as a bow) to excess

intransitive verb

: to bend or stoop over

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