"overwield" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From over- + wield.",
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      "form": "overwields",
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      "form": "overwielded",
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      "form": "overwielded",
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          "ref": "1886, William Barnes, A Glossary of the Dorset Dialect",
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          "ref": "2009, Yusuf Saad Omoiya, The Origin and British Colonial Impact on the Cosmopolitan Community of Ilorin in the 20th Century",
          "text": "This was because many of them believed that the Emir had overwielded his power against his real and imagined enemies and therefore stepped on many people's toes.",
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          "ref": "2016, T. Wells, Wild Man",
          "text": "His persuasive power was overwielded, and overshadowed by his intensity, which made him seem to them on the verge of spooky.",
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        "To wield over or in excess; overpower"
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        "(transitive) To wield over or in excess; overpower"
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  "word": "overwield"
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  "etymology_text": "From over- + wield.",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "overwielding",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "overwielded",
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        },
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        "To wield over or in excess; overpower"
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        "(transitive) To wield over or in excess; overpower"
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