I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb
Etymology: Middle English overpassen, from over (I) + passen to pass
transitive verb
1.
a. : to pass or get through : get to the end of
when that six months were overpassed — Ballad Book
b. : to manage to get through : surmount
2. : to pass beyond in quality, value, degree, or amount : surpass , exceed
so completely had his moral passion overpassed his concern for poetry — D.S.Savage
3.
a. : to pass across, over, or beyond : go to the other side of : cross
the last American frontier had been overpassed — H.J.Laski
b. : to pass over or beyond the restrictions of : transgress
a limit to patience … and when that was overpassed, then my anger blazed out — W.H.Hudson †1922
overpass the bounds of propriety
4.
a. : to pass over without comment or mention
b. : to pass over in favor of another
colonels who have been overpassed for commands — Rudyard Kipling
intransitive verb
: to pass over, by, away, or off
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : a grade separation where clearance to traffic on the lower level is obtained by elevating the higher level (as with a bridge or viaduct) — compare underpass
2. : the upper level of a grade separation — called also overcrossing