verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To overtake. UK, dialectal, transitive

   "She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught , That in the very dore him overcaught"

2. 2
   To catch too many; to overfish.

Example

More examples

"She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught , That in the very dore him overcaught"

Etymology

From over- + catch.

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