overgo

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English overgon, from Old English ofergān (“to pass over, beyond, across, traverse, cross, transgress, overstep, overrun, overcome, overspread, conquer, come upon, overtake, seize, attack, pass off, pass away, end, overreach”), equivalent to over- +‎ go. Cognate with Dutch overgaan, German übergehen, Swedish övergå. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /əʊvəˈɡəʊ/ ==== Verb ==== overgo (third-person singular simple present overgoes, present participle overgoing, simple past overwent, past participle overgone) (archaic) To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount. [from 8th c.] (obsolete) To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress. [8th–19th c.] 1882, John Payne, trans., The Thousand Nights and One Night, vol 3: How many an one in its vanities hath gloried and taken pride, / Till froward and arrogant thus he grew and did all bounds o'ergo! (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed. [from 9th c.] To spread across (something); to overrun. [from 10th c.] To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through. [from 13th c.] To go beyond; to exceed, surpass. [from 13th c.] To get the better of; to overcome, overpower. [from 13th c.] (obsolete) To overtake, go faster than. [15th–17th c.] (obsolete) To cover. ===== Synonyms ===== (cross a barrier): overcome, superate (pass a figurative barrier): outstep, transgress; see also Thesaurus:transcend (pass by): go by; see also Thesaurus:pass by (spread across): bespread, infest, overspread (go over): cross, pass over (go beyond): excel, outstrip; see also Thesaurus:exceed (get the better of): better, defeat, overwhelm (overtake): forhale, lap, overhaul (cover): ===== Derived terms ===== overgoer === Etymology 2 === Blend of overlapping +‎ oligonucleotide. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəɡəʊ/ ==== Noun ==== overgo (plural overgoes) (genetics) A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization. === Anagrams === go over, groove