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overgetting

overgetting is the present participle and gerund of overget.

Meaning of overget

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.

Questions about overgetting

What is overgetting the present participle and gerund of?
Overgetting is the present participle and gerund of overget.

Words near overgetting in the dictionary

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

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