OVERTAKES
Verb
overtakes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtake
Anagrams
• overskate, skate over, takeovers, takes over
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition