overcame

English

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈkeɪm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvəɹˈkeɪm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

Verb

overcame

1. simple past of overcome
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of overcome
   • 1738, The New Week's Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the Lord's Supper […] ‎^[1], Edward Wicksteed, page 44:

     Had he been merely Man, he could never have overcame thoſe infinite Afflictions he ſo patiently endured.

   • 1845, Elijah Goodwin, “Justification by Faith No. IV.”, in The Christian Record‎^[2], volume 3, J.M. Mathes, page 169:

     […] not because his faith has overcame the supreme being, but because it has overcame the sinner's will, and brought him where the Lord promised to pardon.

   • 2008 February 23, Antonia Follenzi, Elza Vigna, “Lentiviral Vectors for Cancer Gene Therapy”, in Kevin J. Harrington, Richard G. Vile, Hardev S. Pandha, editors, Viral Therapy of Cancer‎^[3], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 83:

     However the latest generation of HIV-1 derived vectors (see below) have overcame the need for the presence of the accessory genes and Tat, and thus the HIV-1 derived vectors are now comparable to the non-primate vectors.

Anagrams

• came over