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Definition of Overcome
Overcome
of Overcome

To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.

To overflow; to surcharge.

To come or pass over; to spreads over.

To gain the superiority; to be victorious.

Related Definitions:
As, Battle, Be, Better, Come, Conquer, Enemies, Gain, Get, In, Of, Or, Over, Overcome, Overflow, Pass, Subdue, Superiority, Surcharge, Surmount, The, To, Victorious






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It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
Albert Einstein

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
Confucius

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. Washington

We acquire the strength we have overcome.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
Lao Tzu

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
Theodore Roosevelt

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Norman Vincent Peale

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Norman Vincent Peale

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
George S. Patton

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
George S. Patton



Overcome Translations
overcome in Latin is expugno, vinco vici victum
overcome in Spanish is superar


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