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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Endurance :: Endurance (n.) The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience..
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To overcome by importunity.
Overbear :: Overbear (v. t.) To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress..
Infatuated :: Infatuated (a.) Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.
Insurmountably :: Insurmountably (adv.) In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.
Surmounted :: Surmountable (a.) Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To overcome; to conquer.
Profligate :: Profligate (v. t.) To drive away; to overcome.
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..
Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
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..
Outstare :: Outstare (v. t.) To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.
Overcome :: Overcome (p. p.) of Overcom.
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)..
Luctation :: Luctation (n.) Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress..
Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever..
Convince :: Convince (v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
Expugn :: Expugn (v. t.) To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments..
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