overget
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English overgeten; equivalent to over- + get. Cognate with Scots overget (“to overtake”). Compare Old English oferġietan (“to forget, disregard, neglect”).
Verb edit
overget (third-person singular simple present overgets, present participle overgetting, simple past overgot or (archaic) overgat, past participle overgot or overgotten)
- (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.
- (transitive, archaic) To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
- (transitive, archaic) To get beyond; get over; recover from.