Definition of overcome

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Overcome (v. i.) To gain the superiority; to be victorious.

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Convince :: Convince (v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
Seduction :: Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity..
Outdare :: Outdare (v. t.) To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave.
Infatuated :: Infatuated (a.) Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.
Vincible :: Vincible (a.) Capable of being overcome or subdued; conquerable.
Aureole :: Aureole (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil..
Appall :: Appall (a.) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart..
Overbear :: Overbear (v. t.) To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress..
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue..
Heartbroken :: Heartbroken (a.) Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
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)..
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..
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To overcome; to conquer.
Countervote :: Countervote (v. t.) To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.
Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..
Superabound :: Superable (a.) Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body..
Outstare :: Outstare (v. t.) To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.
Profligate :: Profligate (v. t.) To drive away; to overcome.
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