OVERTOP

dominate, command, overlook, overtop

(verb) look down on; “The villa dominates the town”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overtop (third-person singular simple present overtops, present participle overtopping, simple past and past participle overtopped)

(transitive) To be higher than; to rise over the top of. [from 16th c.]

(transitive) To place too many toppings on.

Adverb

overtop (comparative more overtop, superlative most overtop)

(now, chiefly, North America) Over the top. [from 18th c.]

Anagrams

• overpot

Source: Wiktionary


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 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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