Antonyms for overtaken
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-teyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈteɪk |
Definition of overtaken
Origin :- "to come up to, to catch in pursuit," early 13c., from over- + take (v.). According to OED, originally "the running down and catching of a fugitive or beast of chase"; it finds the sense of over- in this word "not so clear." Related: Overtaken; overtaking. Old English had oferniman "to take away, carry off, seize, ravish."
- verb catch; pass
- On her way there she had overtaken Robin's wife wheeling Robin in a bath chair.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- By the time we wind down into the valley of the Lot night has overtaken us.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- She looked like a culprit whom direst vengeance had overtaken at last.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- And would they really have died, do you think, grandmamma, if the two men had not overtaken them?
- Extract from : « Georgie's Present » by Miss Brightwell
- She presently answered, "O papa, I am glad you have overtaken me."
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- He might yet have overtaken her, but he knew that he had lost her.
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- They were too swift to be overtaken, but no match for the Spanish in battle.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- He was overtaken by a constable who had a warrant to arrest him.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- He was stunned by the suddenness of the catastrophe that had overtaken them.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- He was however, overtaken, and carried into captivity to their towns.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
Synonyms for overtaken
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