Definitions
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English overcomen, inherited from Old English ofercuman (“to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake”). By surface analysis, over- + come. Cognate with Dutch overkomen, German überkommen, Danish overkomme, Swedish överkomma.
Used in a sentence
“But sith this wretched woman ouercome / Of anguish, rather then of crime hath beene,”
“By and by fumes of brandy began to fill the air, and climb to where I lay, overcoming the mouldy smell of decayed wood and the dampness of the green walls.”
“Hee that ouercommeth, the same shalbe clothed in white raiment, and I will not blot out his name out of the booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Defeat or get past”8 letters
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