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English Dictionary: overcome	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overcome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overcome v win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" Synonym(s): get the better of, overcome, defeat get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" Synonym(s): overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Synonym(s): overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" Synonym(s): get the best, have the best, overcome
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overcome \O`vercome"\, v. t. [imp. {Overcame}; p. p. {Overcome}; p. pr & vb. n. {Overcoming}.] [AS. ofercuman. See {Over}, {Come}, and cf. {Supervene}.] 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. --Spenser. 2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] --J. Philips. 3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.] And overcome us like a summer's cloud. --Shak. Syn: To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See {Conquer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overcome \O`ver*come"\, v. i. To gain the superiority; to be victorious. --Rev. iii. 21.