overcome: Meaning and Definition of

o•ver•come

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. to overspread or overrun.

1. to gain the victory; win; conquer: a plan to overcome by any means possible.