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Meaning of overcome

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  overcome
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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