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overpass(2)(dictionary)
overpass(dictionary)

overpass(2) (iou)



overpass verb. Pa. pple -passed, -past. ME.
[from OVER- + PASS verb.]
verb trans. Travel over (esp. a specified distance), move across or along. ME.
verb intrans. Pass across or overhead. ME.
verb trans. Get beyond or to the other side of; cross. ME.
b. Rise above. LME.
verb trans. Get to the end of (a period of time, an action, etc.), esp. successfully or safely; endure. ME.
T. Hardy To consider how best to overpass a more general catastrophe.
verb intrans. Of time, an action, etc.: come to an end, be over. ME.
S. Leslie The Celebrant..hid the Host at an altar..until the storms were overpast.
verb trans. Exceed in amount, value, excellence, etc.; excel, surpass. Formerly also, (of a feeling etc.) affect, overcome. ME.
b. verb trans. Go beyond the restrictions of, transgress. LME.
c. Be in excess, be over. LME-M16.
a. verb intrans. Pass or remain unnoticed. Chiefly in let it overpass. ME-L16.
b. verb trans. Pass over, leave unnoticed, ignore. Now rare. LME.
verb trans. Pass by; come up to or alongside of and go beyond. LME-M16.