Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overpass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overpass \O`ver*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpassed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overpassing}.] [Cf. {Surpass}.]
1. To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river;
to overpass limits.
2. To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.
All the beauties of the East He slightly viewed and
slightly overpassed. --Milton.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --R. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overpass \O`ver*pass"\, v. i.
To pass over, away, or off.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overpass
n : bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two
highways at different levels; "an overpass is called a
flyover or a flypast in England" [syn: {flyover}, {flypast}]
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