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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Superabound :: Superable (a.) Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.
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)..
Drunken :: Drunken (v. i.) Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated..
Swelter :: Swelter (v. i.) To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
Expugn :: Expugn (v. t.) To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments..
Outstare :: Outstare (v. t.) To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To overcome by importunity.
Ineluctable :: Ineluctable (a.) Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Outdare :: Outdare (v. t.) To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave.
Surmounted :: Surmountable (a.) Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.
Heartbroken :: Heartbroken (a.) Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass..
Impracticable :: Impracticable (a.) Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with..
Luctation :: Luctation (n.) Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To come or pass over; to spreads over.
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To overflow; to surcharge.
Overcomer :: Overcomer (n.) One who overcomes.
Support :: Support (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes..
Surmount :: Surmount (v. i.) To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles..
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