Definition of "overtook" []

• Past tense of overtake. (verb)

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• "Huon de Domville's displeasure, when the word overtook him, would be vented elsewhere."
• "The enraged Giant tore up a great tree as if it had been a sapling, and throwing it over the chasm thus made a bridge, by means of which he crossed the gap, and again overtook Finette and Yvon just as they reached the coast."
• "For a long few seconds, nothing happened, and then a very odd expression overtook his irritation, smoothed it out, and made it into a blank mask."