OVERCOMES

Verb

overcomes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcome

Anagrams

• come-overs, comeovers, comes 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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