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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 ? '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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
overtop
v : look down on "The villa dominates the town" [syn: {dominate},
{command}, {overlook}]
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