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.
OVERCOMER
O`ver*com"er, n.
Defn: One who overcomes.
OVERCOMING
O`ver*com"ing, a.