Definition of "overcame"

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

1738, The New Week's Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the Lord's Supper […] ‎, Edward Wicksteed, page 44

[…] 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.

1845, Elijah Goodwin, “Justification by Faith No. IV.”, in The Christian Record‎, volume 3, J.M. Mathes, page 169

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.

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, John Wiley & Sons, page 83