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Definition of Overcoming
1. a. Conquering; subduing.
Definition of Overcoming
1. Noun. An instance of overcoming. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of overcome) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overcoming
1. overcome [v] - See also: overcome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcoming
Literary usage of Overcoming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Family Involvement in Children's Education: Successful Local Approaches: An ...by Janie Funkhouser by Janie Funkhouser (1999)
"Overcoming Common Barriers to Family Involvement Recent data from two US ...
This Idea Book is organized around strategies for overcoming a common set of ..."
2. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"By thus transferring th° friction from the ground to the axle, each spoke, in
its turn, is Fi J53 made to aid in overcoming that friction. Thus, in Fig. ..."
3. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"(B) METHODS OF Overcoming PRESUMPTION OF EXPATRIATION The presumption of expatriation
resulting from residence abroad rnay be overcome by showing that it is ..."
4. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1913)
"Latent heat is expended in performing the work of overcoming the molecular cohesion
of the particles of the substance and in overcoming the resistance of ..."
5. Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. by Thomas Paine (1791)
"... and that man will be the happier and better for overcoming the force of
prejudice about .it. In the Both page, you talk of God's wrath,, ..."
6. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1885)
"METHOD OF Overcoming DIPLOPIA WHEN PRISMS ... till the maximum of overcoming the
defect is obtained, one prism cannot be depended upon. ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"In view of the testimony upon which the plaintiff relied as overcoming the evidence
Introduced by the defendant company to establish Its diligence, ..."
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