† overhentv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To lay hold of, take possession of; to overtake.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)]
i-lecchec1000
fang1016
hentOE
takeOE
alatchlOE
catchc1275
wina1300
to take ina1387
attain1393
geta1400
overhent?a1400
restay?a1400
seizea1400
tachec1400
arrest1481
carrya1500
collara1535
snap1568
overgo1581
surprise1592
nibble1608
incaptivate1611
nicka1640
cop1704
chop1726
nail1735
to give a person the foot1767
capture1796
hooka1800
sniba1801
net1803
nib1819
prehend1831
corral1860
rope1877
the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake
betakea1000
oftakelOE
overtakec1225
ofgoc1300
under-get1390
attain1393
overget?a1400
overgoc1425
gaincopec1440
overhiec1440
overhalec1540
overcatch1570
overhent1590
win1596
to grow on or upon1603
catcha1616
to fetch up1622
to fetch of, upon1659
overhaul1793
to meet up with1837
to catch up1838
to get past1857
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 8998 Whan alle was slayn þey mot ouerhent [a1450 Lamb. hent], to Wynchester sir Vter went.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X6v But she so fast pursewd, that him she tooke..Als his faire Leman, flying through a brooke, She ouerhent.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. x. sig. X The hindmost in the gate he ouerhent . View more context for this quotation
1714 ‘N. Ironside’ Orig. Canto Spencer xxv When Phœbus..clears the Sky with Vapours overhent.
1787 J. Thelwall Poems Var. Subj. 148 Ah me! my heart is overhent with woe, To think how thou wert ravish'd from my arms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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