overtop Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb look down on
overlook; dominate; command.
- The villa dominates the town
WordNet
O`ver*top" transitive verb
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Definitions
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To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. "To 'ertop old Pelion." Shak. -
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.
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To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.