What is to come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.] And overcome us like a summer's cloud. Shak. See Conquer called?
overcome — To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.] And overcome us like a summer's cloud. Shak. See Conquer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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