overgetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English overgeten; equivalent to over- +‎ get. Cognate with Scots overget (“to overtake”). Compare 古期英語 oferġietan (“to forget, disregard, neglect”).

動詞

overget (third-person singular simple present overgets, present participle overgetting, simple past overgot or (古風な用法) overgat, past participle overgot or overgotten)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To get more than expected or due.
   • 1885, Edmund B. Ivatts, Railway management at stations:

     Some companies hold their clerks responsible to account for the actual amount of the fares on tickets sold, and ignore the question of overgot and undergot money.

2. (transitive, archaic) To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
3. (transitive, archaic) To get beyond; get over; recover from.

反意語

• underget

アナグラム

• get over