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
overcome (third-person singular simple present overcomes, present participle overcoming, simple past overcame, past participle overcome)
(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
(transitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
To come or pass over; to spread over.
To overflow; to surcharge.
overcome (plural overcomes)
(Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
(Scotland) A surplus.
• come over, come-over, comeover
Source: Wiktionary
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
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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