overcame
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈkeɪm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌoʊvəɹˈkeɪm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪm
Verb
editovercame
- simple past of overcome
- (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.