Category: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.