— overcomer , n.
/oh'veuhr kum"/ , v. , overcame, overcome, overcoming . v.t.
1. to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
2. to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.); surmount: to overcome one's weaknesses.
3. to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion: I was overcome with grief.
4. Archaic. to overspread or overrun.
v.i.
5. to gain the victory; win; conquer: a plan to overcome by any means possible.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE ofercuman. See OVER-, COME ]
Syn. 1. vanquish. See defeat .