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Overcoming \O`ver*com"ing\, a.
Conquering; subduing. -- {O`ver*com"ing*ly}, adv.


Overcome \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 spread 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}.