overvinne — meaning in English

English meaning

• surmount verb To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
• vanquish verb To defeat someone or something completely, especially in a fight or contest.
• win verb To come out on top in a contest, game, war, or competition.

Senses

overvinne is used for these senses in English:

• surmount (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
• vanquish (transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
• win (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).

surmount — full definition

1. verb To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
2. verb To cap; to sit on top of.

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