Thesaurus: overtop

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1. v. t. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.
2. v. t. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.
3. v. t. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure.
4. v. look down on
5. 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.