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1. Win a victory over
   "You must overcome all difficulties"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"
   - get the better of, defeat
    
2. Get on top of; deal with successfully
   "He overcame his shyness"
   - get over, subdue, surmount, master
    
3. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
   - overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm [archaic], overtake
    
4. Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
   - get the best, have the best

Derived forms: overcoming, overcame, overcomes, overcome

See also: overcomer

Type of: arouse, beat, beat out, crush, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise, shell, trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Overcome