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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overcoming \O`ver*com"ing\, a.
Conquering; subduing. -- {O`ver*com"ing*ly}, adv
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}.
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