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overgo.

To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əʊvəˈɡəʊ/UK
  1. To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount.

    archaic
  2. To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress.

    obsolete
  3. To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
  4. To spread across (something); to overrun.

  5. To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through.

  6. To go beyond; to exceed, surpass.

  7. To get the better of; to overcome, overpower.

  8. To overtake, go faster than.

    obsolete
  9. To cover.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈəʊvəɡəʊ/UK
  1. A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization.

Where this word comes from

Blend of overlapping + oligonucleotide.

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