1655. MASSINGER, A Very Woman, or The Prince of Tarent, iii. 5. And take heed of being O’ERTAKEN with too much drink.
1692. J. HACKET, Life of Archbishop Williams. … He was temperate also in his drinking … but I never spake with the man that saw him OVERTAKEN.
1699. CONGREVE, The Way of the World, iv. 10. My nephew’s a little OVERTAKEN, cousin—but ’tis with drinking your health.
1712. Spectator, No. 450. I do not remember I was ever OVERTAKEN in drink.
1847. HALLIWELL, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc., s.v.
1871. MRS. S. C. HALL, in Chambers’ Miscellany, No. 122, 11. I’m sure Murphy must have been OVERTAKEN, or he’d never dare to propose such a thing.
