Overcome - Definition

v 1: win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties";
"defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He
overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her
and she blew up" [syn: get the better of, overcome,
defeat]
2: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his
shyness" [syn: overcome, get over, subdue, surmount,
master]
3: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn:
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome,
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, overcome]