overtake

transitive verb

To catch up with; draw even or level with.

transitive verb

To pass after catching up with.

transitive verb

To come upon unexpectedly; take by surprise.

noun

The act or fact of overtaking.

To come up with in traveling the same way, or in pursuit (with or without the idea of passing the person or thing overtaken); catch up with in any course of thought or action.

To take by surprise; come upon unexpectedly; surprise and overcome; carry away.

Hence To overpower the senses of.

Specifically, to overcome with drink; intoxicate: chiefly in the past participle.

transitive verb

To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion