overgang

verb

1. To go beyond or above; to exceed.

   obsolete, transitive

   Ye're straight and tall, handsome withall, But your pride overgangs your wit

Where it comes from

From Middle English overgangen, from Old English ofergangan, from Proto-Germanic *uberganganą, made up from *uber (“over”) + *ganganą (“to walk, step”), equivalent to over- + gang (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Scots owergang (“to overwhelm, master, dominate”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry overgang (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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