About The Word Overtop
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Overtop
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What's The Definition Of Overtop?
[v] look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Overtop: command | dominate | overlook Related Terms | Find terms related to Overtop: See Also | dwarf | lie | overshadow | shadow Overtop In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*top"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overtopped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overtopping}.]
1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower
above. ``To ? 'ertop old Pelion.'' --Shak.
2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.
If kings presume to overtop the law by which they
reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into
order. --Milton.
3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background,
by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. --Becon.
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