Overcoming

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

  Overcoming \O`ver*com"ing\, a.
     Conquering; subduing. -- {O`ver*com"ing*ly}, adv.
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