Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overcome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overcome \O`ver*come"\, v. i.
To gain the superiority; to be victorious. --Rev. iii. 21.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overcome
adj 1: 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" [syn: {flooded}, {inundated}, {overpowered},
{overwhelmed}, {swamped}, {engulfed}]
2: decisively defeated in combat [syn: {beaten}, {conquered}, {overthrown},
{overwhelmed}, {routed}, {vanquished}]
v 1: 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" [syn: {defeat}]
2: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his
shyness" [syn: {get over}, {subdue}, {surmount}, {master}]
3: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: {overwhelm},
{overpower}, {sweep over}, {whelm}, {overtake}]
4: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person
that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
[syn: {get the best}, {have the best}]
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