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overcome

/ˌoʊ.vəɹˈkʌm/ adjective C2
  1. That has been overcome, prevailed over.
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At first she seemed overcome with amazement; then tears flowed from her wondering eyes; and then she smiled sunnily through them, and one of her arms slid tenderly about the broker’s neck.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 21 · C1
Arnold: I want to thank you for your most kind and opportune aid to my daughter last Friday evening, when she was overcome by an attack of her old heart-trouble in the conservatory at Mrs.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 39 · C1
But it did look so beautiful, Marilla, when I pinned it on my breast that I was overcome by an irresistible temptation.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 99 · C1
Overcome by the pain of her injury, Anne had one more of her wishes granted to her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 177 · C1

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