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Overtopped

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 o'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.

Wiktionary
overtopped

vb. (en-past of: overtop)

WordNet
overtop
  1. v. look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate, command, overlook]

  2. [also: overtopping, overtopped]

overtopped

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