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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Overcome

Ō/ver-cōme', v. t.

verbtransitive

(-kŭm), v. t. [imp. OVERCAME; p. p. OVERCOME; p. pr. & vb. n. OVERCOMING.] [See COME.] 1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle. This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been. Shak.

  1. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] Phillips.
  2. To come upon; to invade. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. —To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See CONQUER.

Ō′ver-eŏme′, v. i.

verbintransitive

(-kŭm′), v. i. To gain the superiority; to be victorious.