bear down Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intr.1. contendo, di, sum and tum, 32. curro, cŭcurri, cursum, 3 (with compounds incurro [with hostile sig.], accurro, concurro; the last of the action of several persons or things)3. apprŏpinquo, 14. cursum in aliquem dirigere, contendere. Liv • bear down: I. Trans.: to over-power: opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: I am borne down by the weight of responsibility, onere officii opprimor, Cic.: v. TO WEIGH DOWN. II. Intr.: to endeavour to come up with, esp. by sea; 1. contendo, di, sum and tum, 3: v. to hasten. 2. curro, cŭcurri, cursum, 3 (with compounds incurro [with hostile sig.], accurro, concurro; the last of the action of several persons or things): all the ships bore down to the assistance of their countrymen, omnes naves ad operam ferendam suis concurrerunt, Liv.: fig.: envy bore down upon the captain of the plan, invidiam in caput consilii incurrere, Liv. 3. apprŏpinquo, 1: and now the Romans were b.ing down upon them (with their fleet), et jam Romanus appropinquabat, Liv.: v. to approach. 4. cursum in aliquem dirigere, contendere. Liv: v. course.