Category:Overcome

O`ver*come", v. t. [imp. Overcame; p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.] Etym: [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.

Overcome O`ver*come", v. i.

Defn: to gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.