overcame

Verb

The word is derived from overcome

Meaning

of Overcome

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

breasted defeated faced matched dominated eclipsed

Examples

I have dreams, and I have nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. Jonas Salk

A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them. Brandon Sanderson

But after a moment a sense of waste and ruin overcame him. There they were, close together and safe and shut in; yet so chained to their separate destinies that they might as well been half the world apart. Edith Wharton

Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth. Plutarch

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness. Kurt Masur

Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore. Melissa Etheridge

Close letter words and terms

overcalibration overcall overcaller overcancel overcancellation overcanopy