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Overcome Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Overcome? [adj] decisively defeated in combat [adj] rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" [v] overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" [v] win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity" [v] get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" [v] overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Synonyms \| Synonyms for Overcome: beaten \| conquered \| defeated \| engulfed \| flooded \| get the best \| have the best \| inundated \| overpower \| overpowered \| overtake \| overthrown \| overwhelm \| overwhelmed \| powerless \| routed \| swamped \| sweep over \| vanquished \| weak \| whelm Related Terms \| Find terms related to Overcome: affected \| all up with \| beat \| beaten \| best \| bested \| better \| blind \| blind drunk \| blotto \| break \| broken-down \| brokenhearted \| cap \| confounded \| conquer \| crush \| crushed \| cut up \| dash \| dashed \| deck \| defeat \| defeated \| demoralize \| demoralized \| desolated \| discomfited \| done for \| done in \| down \| drown \| drub \| exceed \| excel \| fallen \| fixed \| floor \| floored \| go one better \| heartbroken \| heart-stricken \| heart-struck \| helpless \| hors de combat \| hurdle \| improve on \| influenced \| inundated \| knock down \| knock over \| lambasted \| lathered \| lick \| licked \| master \| moved \| neurasthenic \| on the skids \| out \| out cold \| outdone \| outlive \| outweigh \| overbalance \| overbear \| overborne \| overexcited \| overmaster \| overmastered \| overmatch \| overmatched \| overpass \| overpower \| overpowered \| overridden \| overset \| overthrow \| overthrown \| overtop \| overturn \| overturned \| overwhelm \| overwhelmed \| overwrought \| panicked \| paralyzed \| passed out \| perfect \| predominate \| preponderate \| prevail \| prevail over \| prostrate \| prostrated \| psych out \| put to rout \| reduced to jelly \| rise above \| rout \| routed \| ruined \| scattered \| send flying \| settled \| shake \| shaken \| shot \| shot to pieces \| silence \| silenced \| skinned \| skinned alive \| speechless \| stampeded \| stiff \| stoned \| stricken \| subdue \| subdued \| subjugate \| suppress \| surmount \| surpass \| throw \| top \| tower above \| tower over \| transcend \| trimmed \| trip \| trip up \| triumph \| triumph over \| trounced \| trump \| unbrace \| under the table \| undo \| undone \| unglued \| unman \| unmanned \| unnerve \| unnerved \| unstring \| unstrung \| upset \| vanquish \| whelm \| whelmed \| whip \| whipped \| win \| worst \| worsted See Also \| arouse \| beat \| beat out \| benight \| bulldog \| clutch \| come through \| conquer \| crush \| defeat \| demolish \| destroy \| devastate \| down \| elicit \| enkindle \| evoke \| expel \| fire \| get hold of \| get over \| kill \| kindle \| knock out \| lock \| lurch \| make it \| master \| nose \| overcome \| provoke \| pull round \| pull through \| raise \| rout \| rout out \| seize \| shell \| skunk \| stagger \| subdue \| surmount \| survive \| trounce \| upset \| vanquish \| wallop Overcome In Webster's Dictionary \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}. \O`vercome"\, v. i. To gain the superiority; to be victorious. --Rev. iii. 21.

Overcome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overcome?

[adj] decisively defeated in combat
[adj] rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"
[v] overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
[v] win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"
[v] get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
[v] overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Overcome In Webster's Dictionary

\O`ver*come"\, 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}.


\O`ver*come"\, v. i.
To gain the superiority; to be victorious. --Rev. iii. 21.

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