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noun
A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization.
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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verb
To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount.
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Usage: archaic
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verb
To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
To spread across (something); to overrun.
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verb
To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through.
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verb
To go beyond; to exceed, surpass.
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verb
To get the better of; to overcome, overpower.
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verb
To overtake, go faster than.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To cover.
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Usage: obsolete
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History
Blend of overlapping + oligonucleotide.
From Middle English overgon, from Old English ofergān (“to pass over, beyond, across, traverse, cross, transgress, overstep, overrun, overcome, overspread, conquer, come upon, overtake, seize, attack, pass off, pass away, end, overreach”), equivalent to over- + go. Cognate with Dutch overgaan, German übergehen, Swedish övergå.
