| v. t. | 1. | To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion; |
| 2. | To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; | |
| 3. | To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. | |
| 4. | Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. | |
| 5. | To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; - used mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase |
| Verb | 1. | overtake - catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp" Synonyms: catch up with, catch |
| 2. | overtake - travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" | |
| 3. | overtake - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
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