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overcome
1. v. To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
to overcome enemies in battle
2. v. To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
We shall overcome.
3. v. To come or pass over; to spread over.
I was overcome with anger.
4. v. To overflow; to surcharge.
5. n. (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
6. n. (Scotland) A surplus.

Pronunciation

Example Sentences

Every time I saw him, I was overcome with his brilliance.  The good always overcome the evil. . . in stories.  Man is something that must be overcome; man is a bridge and not an end.  Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before

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