to overtake is a form of:

Overtake




SEE: take
verbpast tense: Overtook ; past participle: Overtaken ; present participle: Overtaking ; 3rd person singular present Overtakes
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (To come up with in pursuit; to catch up with to take by surprise) ទាន់
Example: He ran to overtake her. Darkness overtook us.
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: Overtook ; past participle: Overtaken ; present participle: Overtaking ; 3rd person singular present Overtakes
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.