Definitions of overtake

1. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.

2. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle ( overtaken), drunken.

3. To catch up with; take by surprise.

4. To come up with: to catch: to come upon.

5. To come up with; catch; seize.

6. To come up with by following; catch.

7. To take by surprize.

8. travel past, as of a vehicle; " The sports car passed all the trucks"

9. To come up with; to catch; to come upon; to take by surprise.

10. To come up with, as in pursuit or progress; to catch; to take by surprise.

11. Overtaking.

12. Overtaken.