OVERTA'KE, verb transitive 1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake Exodus 15:9. 2. To come upon; to fall on afterwards. Vengeance shall overtake the wicked. 3. To take by surprise. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such one in the spirit of meekness. Galatians 6:1.
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