"overpress" meaning in English

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          "text": "Deare heart forbeare to glance thine eye aſide, / VVhat needſt thou vvound vvith cunning vvhen thy might / Is more then my ore-preſt defence can bide?",
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          "text": "overpress'd spirits",
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        "To bear upon (someone or something) with irresistible force; to crush, to overwhelm."
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        "(transitive) To bear upon (someone or something) with irresistible force; to crush, to overwhelm."
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        "To overcome by importunity."
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        "(transitive) To overcome by importunity."
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