overgo (third-person singular simple present overgoes, present participle overgoing, simple past overwent, past participle overgone)
(now rare) To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount. [from 8th c.]
(obsolete) To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress. [8th-19th c.]
(intransitive, now UK dialectal) To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed. [from 9th c.]
To spread across (something); to overrun. [from 10th c.]
To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through. [from 13th c.]
To go beyond; to exceed, surpass. [from 13th c.]
To get the better of; to overcome, overpower. [from 13th c.]
(obsolete) To overtake, go faster than. [15th-17th c.]
(obsolete) To cover.
• Chapman
• (cross a barrier): overcome, superate
• (pass a figurative barrier): outstep, transgress; see also transcend
• (pass by): forthglide, go by; see also pass by
• (spread across): bespread, infest, overspread
• (go over): cross, pass over
• (go beyond): excel, outstrip; see also exceed
• (get the better of): better, defeat, overwhelm
• (overtake): forhale, lap, overhaul
• (cover)
overgo (plural overgoes)
(genetics) A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization.
• go over, groove
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*go", v. t. [imp. Overwent; p. p. Overgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Overgoing.] Etym: [AS. ofergan.]
1. To travel over. [R.] Shak.
2. To exceed; to surpass. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
3. To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.
4. To oppress; to weigh down. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 June 2025
(noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
