English Explanatory Dictionary

overget

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To get more than expected or due.
  2. To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
  3. To get beyond; get over; recover from.

Word forms

overget overgets overgetting overgot overgat overgotten

Etymology

From Middle English overgeten; equivalent to over- + get. Cognate with Scots overget (“to overtake”). Compare Old English oferġietan (“to forget, disregard, neglect”).

Antonyms

underget
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