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overgotten

overgotten is the past participle 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 overgotten

What is overgotten the past participle of?
Overgotten is the past participle of overget.

Words near overgotten in the dictionary

  1. overgorge
  2. overgorged
  3. overgorges
  4. overgorging
  5. overgot
  6. overgotten
  7. overgovern
  8. overgoverned
  9. overgoverning
  10. overgovernment
  11. overgoverns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overgotten (page history and authors); overget (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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