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   Overcome , v. t. [imp. Overcame ; p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.] [AS. ofercuman. See Over, Come, and cf. Supervene.]
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   To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.
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   This wretched woman overcome
   Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been.
   Spenser.
   
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   To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.]
   J. Philips.
   
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   To come or pass over; to spread over. [Obs.]
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   And overcome us like a summer's cloud.
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See Conquer.
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   Overcome, v. i. To gain the superiority; to be victorious.
   Rev. iii. 21.
   
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