OVERTOP

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. "To old Pelion." Shak.

2.
v.

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.
v.

To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.

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