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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overgo(e, Owergo(ne, v. P.p. -gone, -goon. [e.m.E. overgo(e (see Overga v.): cf. Ourgo.] a. To lat ourgo, to let pass. = Ourgo b. b. tr. To overcome; to overrun, infest. = Ourga 2, Overga 1. —a. 15.. Clar. 1395.
Bot I no thing rehearse will … Of hir luif taikin, quhilk I let owergone Ib. iv. 2449. b.
I let owergo all sik prolixitie 1588 Calderwood IV. 656.
Punishment of vices which overgoe the whole land 1632 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 371.
He wald mak his entrie at Heydelberghe quhilk wes all overgone with the plasure 1666 Lauder Jrnl. 98.
Philip of Spaine who died August 1665 was owergoon with it [French pox], they say