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overtake

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overtake  \O`ver*take"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Overtook};  p.  p. 
  {Overtaken};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Overtaking}.] 
  1.  To  come  up  with  in  a  course,  pursuit,  progress,  or  motion; 
  to  catch  up  with 
 
  Follow  after  the  men;  and  when  thou  dost  overtake 
  them  say  .  .  .  Wherefore  have  ye  rewarded  evil  for 
  good.  --Gen.  xliv. 
  4. 
 
  He  had  him  overtaken  in  his  flight.  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  To  come  upon  from  behind;  to  discover;  to  surprise;  to 
  capture;  to  overcome. 
 
  If  a  man  be  overtaken  in  a  fault.  --Gal.  vi  1 
 
  I  shall  see  The  winged  vengeance  overtake  such 
  children.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Hence  figuratively,  in  the  past  participle  (overtaken), 
  drunken.  [Obs.]  --Holland. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  overtake 
  v  1:  catch  up  with  and  possibly  overtake;  "The  Rolls  Royce  caught 
  us  near  the  exit  ramp"  [syn:  {catch},  {catch  up  with}] 
  2:  travel  past,  as  of  a  vehicle;  "The  sports  car  passed  all  the 
  trucks"  "  [syn:  {pass},  {overhaul}] 
  3:  overcome,  as  with  emotions  or  perceptual  stimuli  [syn:  {overwhelm}, 
  {overpower},  {sweep  over},  {whelm},  {overcome}]




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