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“come over” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

come over
transire (e.g., to a person’s side or party, in alicujus partes transire): transgredi; locum transcendere or superare (to come over a place; e.g., over a mountain): a cold shudder came over me, horror ingens me perstrinxit.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for come over?
The usual Latin words for “come over” are trānseō, trānsgredior, superō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.