Overcome (?), 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]