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Definition of Overgoes
1. overgo [v] - See also: overgo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgoes
Literary usage of Overgoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1878)
"That is, conception is adequate when its object is of a certain size; if it
overgoes that size, the conception of it becomes symbolical. ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1838)
"We strive to lift ourselves up to the contemplation of a divine humanity, which
overgoes all finite conceptions of excellence. Our souls may expand, ..."
3. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"But as bird (caught in the fowler's lime set) No means for his liberty knows; Me
such despair overgoes, That I can find no comfortable hope of cure ! ..."
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