Definition of overcome

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Overcome (v. t.) To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle..

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Overtake :: Overtake (v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
Drunken :: Drunken (v. i.) Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated..
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To overcome; to conquer.
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To overflow; to surcharge.
Countervail :: Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate..
Outdare :: Outdare (v. t.) To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave.
Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..
Vincible :: Vincible (a.) Capable of being overcome or subdued; conquerable.
Conquer :: Conquer (v. i.) To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below)..
Invincible :: Invincible (a.) Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle..
Profligate :: Profligate (v. t.) To drive away; to overcome.
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle..
Cut :: Cut (a.) Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
Expugn :: Expugn (v. t.) To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments..
Ineluctable :: Ineluctable (a.) Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.
Surmount :: Surmount (v. i.) To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake..
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