overtake, catch, catch up with
(verb) catch up with and possibly overtake; “The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp”
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
pass, overtake, overhaul
(verb) travel past; “The sports car passed all the trucks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overtaken
past participle of overtake
overtaken (comparative more overtaken, superlative most overtaken)
(archaic) drunk; intoxicated
• See drunk
• taken over
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
