I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English overmacchen, from over (I) + macchen to match
1.
a. : to be more than equal to or a match for
a bleakness that overmatched his boredom — Booth Tarkington
b. : vanquish , defeat
with the unobtrusive action of an overmatched man — Joseph Furphy
occasionally victorious and usually overmatched gladiators — Bennett Cerf
2. : to match (as a team, a player, a prizefighter) with a superior opponent
does all right … until his owner overmatches him — John McCarten
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : one superior in power
met his overmatch
2. : a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched