资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Overcoming \O`ver*com"ing\, a.
   Conquering; subduing. -- {O`ver*com"ing*ly}, adv.

Overcome \O`ver*come"\, v. t. [imp. {Overcame}; p. p.
   {Overcome}; p. pr & vb. n. {Overcoming}.] [AS. ofercuman. See
   {Over}, {Come}, and cf. {Supervene}.]
   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. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] --J. Philips.

   3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.]

            And overcome us like a summer's cloud. --Shak.

   Syn: To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow;
        overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate;
        beat; surmount. See {Conquer}.