overtop

  • 1Overtop — 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 o ertop old Pelion. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2overtop — index outbalance, outweigh, predominate (outnumber), transcend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3overtop — [ō΄vər täp′] vt. overtopped, overtopping 1. to rise above; exceed in height; tower over 2. to excel; surpass …

    English World dictionary

  • 4overtop — v. /oh veuhr top /; n. /oh veuhr top /, v., overtopped, overtopping, n. v.t. 1. to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings. 2. to rise above in authority; take precedence over; override: No individual… …

    Universalium

  • 5overtop — transitive verb Date: circa 1594 1. to rise above the top of 2. to be superior to 3. surpass …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6overtop — verb To be higher than, to rise over the top of. There was a single birch tree that overtopped the other trees on the island, and was now picked out against the moon drenched sky …

    Wiktionary

  • 7overtop — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dominate, command, surpass; see exceed …

    English dictionary for students

  • 8overtop — o|ver|top [ˌəuvəˈtɔp US ˌouvərˈta:p] v past tense and past participle overtopped present participle overtopping [T] formal to be higher or more important than something …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9overtop — v. rise above; exceed; surpass …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10overtop — verb (overtops, overtopping, overtopped) 1》 exceed in height. 2》 (especially of water) rise over the top of. adverb & preposition chiefly Canadian over …

    English new terms dictionary