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.
To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] J. Philips.
To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.] And overcome us like a summer's cloud. Shak.
To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.
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