
Noah Webster
Overtake
OVERTA'KE, verb transitive
1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch.
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake Exodus 15:9.
2. To come upon; to fall on afterwards. Vengeance shall overtake the wicked.
3. To take by surprise.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such one in the spirit of meekness. Galatians 6:1.