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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Overpass

Ō′ver-pāss′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. OVERPASSED (ō′ver-pāst′); p. pr. & vb. n. OVERPASSING.] 1. To pass over; to neglect; to overlook; to disregard. All the beauties of the East He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed. Milton.

  1. To go over; to cross; as, to overpass a river.
  2. To omit; not to receive or include. Hooker.

Ō′-ver-păss′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To pass away; to cease by passing away.

In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpassed. Psalm lvii. 1.