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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overcummed, ppl. a. [e.m.E. overcom(m)ed (1549).] Overmastered, vanquished. (Overcum v. 1.) —c1590 Fowler I. 236/10.
And thought that I [Death] thé for a tyme hes spaird To waist with woe thy ouercummed corpse
