Bible Dictionaries
Overtake
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
(2):
(v. t.) Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
(3):
(v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Overtake'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/overtake.html. 1828.