OVERTOOK

OVERTAKE

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

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Verb

overtook

simple past tense of overtake

Anagrams

• took over

Source: Wiktionary

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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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