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Definition of Overpass
1. Noun. Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels.
Definition of Overpass
1. v. t. To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.
2. v. i. To pass over, away, or off.
Definition of Overpass
1. Noun. A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc. ¹
2. Verb. To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To disregard, skip, or miss something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overpass
1. to pass over [v -PASSED or -PAST, -PASSING, -PASSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpass
Literary usage of Overpass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Robertson ...: To which is Prefixed, an Account of His by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1817)
"... Ceeding towards their sovereign and Queen, to overpass all the rest in so
strange a degree, as we for our part, and we suppose the whole world besides, ..."
2. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"is thus not simply to overtake, but to overpass, to outstrip, this being the
distinctive meaning of the term. If one dog were originally behind the other, ..."
3. The Works of William Robertson, D. D...: To which is Prefixed an Account of by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1827)
"Well I will overpass your hard accidents that followed for lack of following my
council. And then in your most extremity, when you was a prisoner indeed, ..."
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