OVERCOME

Definitions

1. 1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle. This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been. Spenser.
2. 2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] J. Philips.
3. 3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.] And overcome us like a summer's cloud. Shak.