In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OVERTAKING
passing, overtaking
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
overtaking
present participle of overtake
Noun
overtaking (plural overtakings)
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
Anagrams
• taking 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
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