OVERTOPS

Verb

overtops

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtop

Anagrams

• overpost, overpots, proovest, stop over, stop-over, stopover

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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