(a) To rise above (sth.); also fig.; (b) to cover the surface of (sth.), spread over; ppl. overgon, covered (with flames, with vermin).

(a) To go across or through (a land, sea, etc.), traverse; cross (a river); -- also without obj.; ben overgon, be across [quot.: SLeg.Corp.Chr.]; (b) to go over (sth. in one's mind), study, ponder.

(a) To go beyond (sth.) in space, pass by, step over; ~ bed, fig. commit adultery; (b) to pass over (sth.), overlook, disregard; omit (sth.) in a narrative; leten ~, disregard (a command, an offense), repudiate (an oath); ppl. overgon, not done, undone; (c) to go past (a term of years), live through.

(a) To go away, depart; of a condition, an emotion etc.: pass away; of an action; cease; ppl. overgoinge, passing, transitory; (b) of time or a period of time: to pass; ppl. overgon, past, gone, having passed.

(a) To overcome (sb.), conquer (a nation, people, etc.); overrun (a city, land), ravage; get the better of (sb.); (b) to overtake (sb.), catch; catch (sb. in a lie or in adultery); (c) of hunger, disease, old age, death, temptation, a vice, an emotion, etc.: to overcome (sb., the heart, mind); also, appease (hunger), overcome (sin, human frailty, a fit of sneezing); (d) to prevail, be victorious.

(a) To surpass (sb. or sth.), exceed; be exalted over (sth.); outrun (hounds); (b) to accomplish (sth.); fulfill (a prophetic vision); ~ journei, finish a journey.

To exceed (one's strength); ~ mesure, exceed a limit, be excessive.