overget

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To get more than expected or due.
   • 1885, Edmund B. Ivatts, Railway management at stations:

     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.

2. (transitive, archaic) To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
3. (transitive, archaic) To get beyond; get over; recover from.

Antonyms

• underget

Anagrams

• get over