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overget

overget verb: to get more than expected or due.

Verb

overget (third-person singular simple present overgets, present participle overgetting, simple past overgot or (archaic) overgat, past participle overgot or (archaic) overgat or overgotten)

  1. (ambitransitive) To get more than expected or due.
    • Some companies hold their clerks responsible to account for the actual amount of the fares on tickets sold, and ignore the question of overgot and undergot money.1885, Edmund B. Ivatts, Railway management at stations
  2. (archaic, transitive) To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To get beyond; get over; recover from.

Antonyms of overget

Forms of overget

third-person singular presentovergets
present participleovergetting
pastovergot
past participleovergot
past participleovergotten
past (archaic)overgat
past participle (archaic)overgat

Origin of overget

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

Questions about overget

What does overget mean?
Overget means to get more than expected or due.
What part of speech is overget?
Overget is a verb.
What is the past tense of overget?
The past tense of overget is overgot.

Words near overget in the dictionary

  1. overgesticulations
  2. overgesture
  3. overgestured
  4. overgestures
  5. overgesturing
  6. overget
  7. overgets
  8. overgetting
  9. overgifted
  10. overgild
  11. overgilded

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