overgo
/ˌəʊvəˈɡəʊ/verb
1To pass or spread over in a hostile or injurious way; to overrun, infest.
2 [with object] To surpass, exceed, excel.
3 [with object] To overcome, overpower, get the better of (by force, deceit, etc.); to oppress, overwhelm.
4 [with object] To go or rise higher than, or over the top of. Now rare.
Origin
Old English (in an earlier sense). Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overgaen (Dutch overgaan), Middle Low German ȫvergān, Old High German ubargān (Middle High German übergān, übergēn, German übergehen), Old Swedish öfwerga (Swedish övergå) from the Germanic base of over- + the Germanic base of go.
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