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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. Overtook; p. p.
     Overtaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion;
        also, to catch up with and move ahead of.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
              Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
              them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
              good.                                 --Gen. xliv.
                                                    4.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He had him overtaken in his flight.   --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as,
        although out of school for half a year due to illness, the
        student returned and overtook all the others to finish as
        valedictorian.
        [PJC]
  
     3. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to
        capture; to overcome.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If a man be overtaken in a fault.     --Gal. vi. 1
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I shall see
              The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken),
        drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used
        mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by
        events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by
        events.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  overtake
       v 1: catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught
            us near the exit ramp" [syn: catch, catch up with]
       2: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass,
           overhaul]
       3: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm,
           overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome]
       [also: overtook, overtaken]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  overtaken
       See overtake

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  overtaken
     a.
     (lb en archaic) drunk; intoxicated
     vb.
     (past participle of en overtake nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  overtaken
     a.
     (lb en archaic) drunk; intoxicated
     vb.
     (past participle of en overtake nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  overtaken
     a.
     (lb en archaic) drunk; intoxicated
     vb.
     (past participle of en overtake nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  overtaken
     a.
     (lb en archaic) drunk; intoxicated
     vb.
     (past participle of en overtake nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  overtaken
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en overtake ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb overtake)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Overtaken /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkən/
  مجتاز

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  overtaken /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkən/ 
  předstižený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  overtaken /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkən/ 
  předjetý