OVERTOPPING
OVERTOP
dominate, command, overlook, overtop
(verb) look down on; “The villa dominates the town”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
overtopping
present participle of overtop
Noun
overtopping (uncountable)
An instance of water going over the top of a barrier such as a sea wall or levee.
Adjective
overtopping (comparative more overtopping, superlative most overtopping)
Surmounting, surpassing.
Source: Wiktionary
OVERTOP
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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