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Definitions for: Overtop [v] look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: command, dominate, overlook
See Also: dwarf, lie, overshadow, shadow
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