overcame

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌəʊ.vəˈkeɪm/ (UK)
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/ˌəʊ.vəˈkeɪm/ (UK) · /ˌoʊ.vɚˈkeɪm/ (US)

Definition of overcame

2 senses · 1 part of speech

verb

  1. (form-of, past)simple past of overcome
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verb

  1. (form-of, past)simple past of overcome
  2. (colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past)past participle of overcome
    “Had he been merely Man, he could never have overcame thoſe infinite Afflictions he ſo patiently endured.”
    “[…]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.”
    “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.”

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