overcatch en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + catch.
Meanings
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(UK, dialectal, transitive) To overtake.
She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught , That in the very dore him overcaught
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- To catch too many; to overfish.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overcaught | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcaught | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overcatches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overcatching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |