intransitive verb. To grow over with herbage or foliage.

intransitive verb. To grow beyond or too large for.

intransitive verb. To grow beyond normal or usual size.

intransitive verb. To become grown over, as with unwanted vegetation or weeds.

To cover with growth or herbage.

To grow beyond; rise above; grow too big for; outgrow.

To overcome; weigh down; oppress.

To grow beyond the fit or natural size.

transitive verb. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank.

transitive verb. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress.

intransitive verb. To grow beyond the fit or natural size; to grow too large.

verb. To grow beyond one's boundaries or containments.

verb. To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).

verb. become overgrown

verb. grow beyond or across

verb. grow too large

"After a century that produced Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama as examples for how to "overgrow" oppression, the best these people can do is blow themselves and innocent civilians up?"

change state  exceed  grow  surpass  transcend  

bespread  blossom  branch  branch out  brew  

overgrew  overgrown  

overgrew  overgrowing  overgrown  overgrows