overween

1. (ergative) To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).Examples: "and they that overween, / And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen,"; "The clouds on Futurity Day bore out in a general way this prognostication. But he overweened himself."ergative

2. (proscribed) To overwhelm.Examples: "The invasion of a vast enemy host upon the unprepared is unstoppable; the huge phalanx of tanks overweens our small army of trucks and rifles; […]"proscribed