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OVERCAME
OVERCOME
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
(verb) get on top of; deal with successfully; “He overcame his shyness”
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
overcame
simple past tense of overcome
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of overcome
Anagrams
• came over
Source: Wiktionary
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.
O`ver*come", v. i.
Definition: To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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