Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Overcome

Overcome , transitive verb

[Anglo-Saxon ofercuman. See Over, Come, and compare 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. [Obsolete] — J. Philips
3.
To come or pass over; to spread over. [Obsolete]
And overcome us like a summer's cloud. — Shakespeare

Overcome , intransitive verb

To gain the superiority; to be victorious. — Rev. iii. 21