Overcome

v. t.	1.	[imp. Overcame ; p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.]
	1.	To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle. This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been. - Spenser.
	2.	To overflow; to surcharge.
	3.	To come or pass over; to spread over. And overcome us like a summer's cloud. - Shak.
v. i.	1.	To gain the superiority; to be victorious.

Verb	1.	overcome - 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" Synonyms: defeat, get the better of
	2.	overcome - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" Synonyms: surmount, master, subdue, get over
	3.	overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Synonyms: overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake
	4.	overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" Synonyms: get the best, have the best
Adj.	1.	overcome - 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" Synonyms: inundated, overpowered, overwhelmed, engulfed, flooded, swamped

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