Usually means: Excessive influence or control exerted.
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  1. oversway: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. oversway: Collins English Dictionary
  3. oversway: Wordnik
  4. oversway: Wiktionary
  5. Oversway: Dictionary.com
  6. Oversway: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. oversway: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Oversway: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. oversway: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. oversway: Free Dictionary
  11. Oversway: Dictionary/thesaurus

Definitions from Wiktionary (oversway)

verb:  (obsolete) To hold sway over; to have power or dominion over, to rule, govern.
verb:  To overrule.
verb:  To cause (someone, someone's thoughts or intentions etc.) to go in a particular direction; to influence.
verb:  To overpower, overwhelm.

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