What is "overtopping"

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.

1. surmounting, surpassing. v

2. (present participle of overtop English)

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

2. [also: overtopping, overtopped]

See overtop