Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Overgrow

Overgrow , transitive verb

1.
To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank; as, dandelions have overgrown the lawn.
The green... is rough and overgrown. — Sir W. Scott
2.
To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obsolete] — Beau. & Fl
O'ergrown with labor. — Mortimer

[Usually in the past participle.]

Overgrow , intransitive verb

To grow beyond the fit or natural size; to grow too large; as, a huge, overgrown ox. — L'Estrange