overˈcatch, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[over- 14.]
1. trans. To overtake, ‘catch up’.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 38/21 To ouercatche, assequi. 1596 Spenser F.Q. iv. vii. 31 She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught, That in the very dore him overcaught. 18.. M. R. Lahee Owd Yem (Lancash. Dial.) 9 (E.D.D.) It ud o tak'n a hunter to o'ercatch him. |
† 2. fig. To ‘catch’, ensnare, deceive, outwit. Obs.
| 1577 Whetstone Life of Gascoigne, Hypocrisie a man may over catch. 1622 Breton Strange Newes (1879) 13/1 For feare the Ducke with some odde craft, the Goose might ouercatch. |