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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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