Found 2 items, similar to Overcame.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: overcame overcome adj : rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; “a desk flooded with applications”; “felt inundated with work”; “too much overcome to notice”; “a man engulfed by fear”; “swamped by work” [syn: flooded, inundated, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed] [also: overcame] overcome v 1: win a victory over; “You must overcome all difficulties”; “defeat your enemies”; “He overcame his shyness”; “She conquered here fear of mice”; “He overcame his infirmity”; “Her anger got the better of her and she blew up” [syn: get the better of, defeat] 2: get on top of; deal with successfully; “He overcame his shyness” [syn: get over, subdue, surmount, master] 3: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overtake] 4: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; “Heart disease can get the best of us” [syn: get the best, have the best] [also: overcame] overcame See overcome
English → English (gcide) Definition: Overcame Overcome \O`ver*come"\, v. t. [imp. Overcame; p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.] [AS. ofercuman. See Over, Come, and cf. Supervene.] [1913 Webster] 1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle. [1913 Webster] This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] --J. Philips. [1913 Webster] 3. To come or pass over; to spread over. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And overcome us like a summer's cloud. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See Conquer. [1913 Webster]