Overgo Definition

verb

(now rare) To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount. [from 8th c.]

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(intransitive, now UK dialectal) To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed. [from 9th c.]

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To spread across (something); to overrun. [from 10th c.]

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To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through. [from 13th c.]

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To go beyond; to exceed, surpass. [from 13th c.]

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noun

(genetics) A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization.

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Origin of Overgo

From Middle English overgon, from Old English ofergān (“to pass over, beyond, across, traverse, cross, transgress, overstep, overrun, overcome, overspread, conquer, come upon, overtake, seize, attack, pass off, pass away, end, overreach”), corresponding to over- +‎ go. Cognate with Dutch overgaan, German übergehen, Swedish övergå.

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Blend of overlapping and oligonucleotide.

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