Overcame

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overcome \O`ver*come"\, v. t. [imp. {Overcame}; p. p.
     {Overcome}; p. pr & vb. n. {Overcoming}.] [AS. ofercuman. See
     {Over}, {Come}, and cf. {Supervene}.]
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     1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue;
        as, to overcome enemies in battle.


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              This wretched woman overcome
              Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] --J. Philips.
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     3. To come or pass over; to spread over. [Obs.]
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              And overcome us like a summer's cloud. --Shak.
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     Syn: To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow;
          overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate;
          beat; surmount. See {Conquer}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overcome
       adj : 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}]
       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"; "Her anger got the better of her and she
            blew up" [syn: {get the better of}, {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}]
       [also: {overcame}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overcame
       See {overcome}