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  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.
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              Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
              them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
              good.                                 --Gen. xliv.
                                                    4.
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              He had him overtaken in his flight.   --Spenser.
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     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.
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              If a man be overtaken in a fault.     --Gal. vi. 1
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              I shall see
              The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak.
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     4. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken),
        drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     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]

  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.

  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]

  overtook
       See overtake

  overtook
     vb.
     (en-simple past of: overtake)

  overtook
     vb.
     (en-simple past of: overtake)

  overtook
     vb.
     (en-simple past of: overtake)

  overtook
     vb.
     (en-simple past of: overtake)

  overtook
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb overtake)

  Overtook /ˌəʊvətˈʊk/
  إجتز

  overtook /ˌəʊvətˈʊk/ 
  předjel

  overtake /ˌəʊvətˈeɪk/ (overtook /ˌəʊvətˈʊk/ <>, overtaken /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkən/ <>) 
  einholen, überholen, übertreffen 
        "be overtaken by events"  - von den Ereignissen überholt werden
   see: overtaking, overtaken
  

  overtake /ˌəʊvətˈeɪk/ (overtook /ˌəʊvətˈʊk/ <>, overtaken /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkən/ <>) 
  ereilen, hereinbrechen
           Note: über, überraschen 
   see: overtaking, overtaken, it overtakes, it overtook
  

  overtake a vehicle /ˌəʊvətˈeɪk ɐ vˈiəkəl/ (overtook /ˌəʊvətˈʊk/ <>, overtaken /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkən/ <>)
   [Br.] ein Fahrzeug überholen  [auto]
     Synonym: pass a vehicle
  
   see: overtaking, passing, overtaken, passed, overtakes, he/she passes, I/he/she overtook
  

  
/ˌoʊvɝˈtʊk/

  overtake 的过去式

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