Verb: overtake (overtook,overtaken) ,ow-vu(r)'teyk
- Travel past
"The sports car overtook all the trucks";
- pass, overhaul
- Become filled with uncontrollable emotion or too much sensory input
- overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, overcome, engulf, ingulf [archaic]
Derived forms: overtakes, overtaking, overtook, overtaken
Type of: advance, arouse, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, go on, kindle, march on, move on, pass on, progress, provoke, raise
Encyclopedia: Overtake