Dictionary entry

Overpass

Webster's Dictionary 1913

O′ver‐pass″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Overpassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Overpassing.] [Cf. Surpass.]

1. To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.

2. To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.

All the beauties of the East

He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed. Milton.

3. To surpass; to excel. R. Browning.