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  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]: 
 
  overtaking 
  n  :  going  by  something  that  is  moving  in  order  to  get  in  front 
  of  it  "she  drove  but  well  but  her  reckless  passing  of 
  every  car  on  the  road  frightened  me"  [syn:  {passing}]




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