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Definition of Overtaking
Overtaking 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.
