"overgo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊvəɡəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overgo2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overgoes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of overlapping + oligonucleotide. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|overlapping|oligonucleotide}} Blend of overlapping + oligonucleotide Head templates: {{en-noun|overgoes}} overgo (plural overgoes)
  1. (genetics) A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-noun-aFf5js7C Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /əʊvəˈɡəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overgo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overgoes [present, singular, third-person], overgoing [participle, present], overwent [past], overgone [participle, past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overgon}} Middle English overgon, {{inh|en|ang|ofergān|t=to pass over, beyond, across, traverse, cross, transgress, overstep, overrun, overcome, overspread, conquer, come upon, overtake, seize, attack, pass off, pass away, end, overreach}} 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”), {{af|en|over-|go}} over- + go, {{cog|nl|overgaan}} Dutch overgaan, {{cog|de|übergehen}} German übergehen, {{cog|sv|övergå}} Swedish övergå Head templates: {{en-verb|overgoes|overgoing|overwent|overgone}} overgo (third-person singular simple present overgoes, present participle overgoing, simple past overwent, past participle overgone)
  1. (archaic) To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount. Tags: archaic Synonyms (cross a barrier): overcome, superate
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-CBD8FB4k Categories (other): English blends, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English blends: 8 13 6 17 9 13 17 8 8 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 17 5 16 10 19 16 7 7 4 Disambiguation of 'cross a barrier': 44 27 6 4 7 7 2 4 0
  2. (obsolete) To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (pass a figurative barrier): outstep
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-G0Mu~w~z Disambiguation of 'pass a figurative barrier': 14 63 8 1 4 5 2 4 0
  3. (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive Synonyms (pass by): forthglide
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-u1WkHOiL Categories (other): British English, English blends, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English blends: 8 13 6 17 9 13 17 8 8 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 17 5 16 10 19 16 7 7 4 Disambiguation of 'pass by': 4 7 71 1 5 7 2 3 0
  4. To spread across (something); to overrun. Synonyms (spread across): bespread, infest, overspread
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-FHpOqkSN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 17 5 16 10 19 16 7 7 4 Disambiguation of 'spread across': 3 0 2 67 19 4 2 3 0
  5. To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through.
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-41eEokbY Categories (other): English blends, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English blends: 8 13 6 17 9 13 17 8 8 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 17 5 16 10 19 16 7 7 4
  6. To go beyond; to exceed, surpass. Synonyms (go beyond): excel
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-f1j~5Jue Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English blends: 8 13 6 17 9 13 17 8 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 5 2 10 11 22 32 2 5 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 4 2 12 12 19 29 3 7 0 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 10 7 3 13 10 17 28 4 6 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 17 5 16 10 19 16 7 7 4 Disambiguation of 'go beyond': 3 9 5 5 7 64 5 3 0
  7. To get the better of; to overcome, overpower. Synonyms (get the better of): better, defeat, overwhelm
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-Bl8Wba9K Disambiguation of 'get the better of': 2 4 5 2 5 19 60 3 0
  8. (obsolete) To overtake, go faster than. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (overtake): forhale, lap, overhaul
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-j-LJG3Y2 Disambiguation of 'overtake': 5 7 10 3 5 17 4 49 0
  9. (obsolete) To cover. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-overgo-en-verb-V3RIVUqT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: transgress, transcend, go by, pass by, outstrip, exceed Synonyms (go over): cross, pass over Derived forms: overgoer
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'go over': 43 1 3 1 44 4 1 2 0

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "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”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "over-",
        "3": "go"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + go",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "overgaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch overgaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "übergehen"
      },
      "expansion": "German übergehen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "övergå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish övergå",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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    {
      "form": "overgoes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overgoing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overwent",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overgone",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ],
        [
          "surmount",
          "surmount"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1882, John Payne, trans., The Thousand Nights and One Night, vol 3",
          "text": "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!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress."
      ],
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        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "transgress",
          "transgress"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed."
      ],
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          "pass by",
          "pass by"
        ],
        [
          "pass away",
          "pass away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, UK, dialectal) To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To spread across (something); to overrun."
      ],
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        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "overrun",
          "overrun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1625, Francis Bacon, The Praise of Knowledge",
          "text": "The fixed stars overgo Saturn, and so in them and all the rest, all is but one motion, and the nearer the earth the slower – a motion also whereof air and water do participate, though much interrupted.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "traverse",
          "traverse"
        ],
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992, Domna C Stanton, Discourses of Sexuality, page 177",
          "text": "He seeks to persuade the queen not merely to emulate the Amazons' vigilant territoriality but to overgo them by emulating the Spaniards' rampant invasiveness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go beyond; to exceed, surpass."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ],
        [
          "surpass",
          "surpass"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To get the better of; to overcome, overpower."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get the better of",
          "get the better of"
        ],
        [
          "overcome",
          "overcome"
        ],
        [
          "overpower",
          "overpower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To overtake, go faster than."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overtake",
          "overtake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To overtake, go faster than."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To cover."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/əʊvəˈɡəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "sense": "cross a barrier",
      "word": "overcome"
    },
    {
      "sense": "cross a barrier",
      "word": "superate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pass a figurative barrier",
      "word": "outstep"
    },
    {
      "word": "transgress"
    },
    {
      "word": "transcend"
    },
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      "sense": "pass by",
      "word": "forthglide"
    },
    {
      "word": "go by"
    },
    {
      "word": "pass by"
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      "sense": "spread across",
      "word": "bespread"
    },
    {
      "sense": "spread across",
      "word": "infest"
    },
    {
      "sense": "spread across",
      "word": "overspread"
    },
    {
      "sense": "go over",
      "word": "cross"
    },
    {
      "sense": "go over",
      "word": "pass over"
    },
    {
      "sense": "go beyond",
      "word": "excel"
    },
    {
      "word": "outstrip"
    },
    {
      "word": "exceed"
    },
    {
      "sense": "get the better of",
      "word": "better"
    },
    {
      "sense": "get the better of",
      "word": "defeat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "get the better of",
      "word": "overwhelm"
    },
    {
      "sense": "overtake",
      "word": "forhale"
    },
    {
      "sense": "overtake",
      "word": "lap"
    },
    {
      "sense": "overtake",
      "word": "overhaul"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overgo"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English heteronyms",
    "English irregular verbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English suppletive verbs",
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    "English terms with audio links"
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        "2": "overlapping",
        "3": "oligonucleotide"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of overlapping + oligonucleotide",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of overlapping + oligonucleotide.",
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    {
      "form": "overgoes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Birren & Green, Genome Analysis, page 207",
          "text": "Mixtures of such specific \"overgo\" probes can be used to screen arrayed library filters by DNA-DNA hybridization [...].",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Detrich, Westerfield & Zon, The Zebrafish: Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, page 318",
          "text": "Hybridization of multiple overgoes produces many clones, perhaps 40 clones at a time.",
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        }
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        "A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization."
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          "genetics"
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          "hybridization"
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        "(genetics) A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization."
      ],
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        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈəʊvəɡəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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}

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