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