Synonyms for overtops

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb oh-ver-top; noun oh-ver-top

Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈtɒp; noun ˈoʊ vərˌtɒp

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Définition of overtops

Origin : 1560s, from over- + top (v.). Related: Overtopped; overtopping.

As in loom : verb appear, often imposingly
As in overflow : verb pour out, flood
As in overhang : verb bulge, hang over
As in overlook : verb have a view of something
As in surmount : verb overcome, triumph over
As in tower : verb rise above
As in transcend : verb go beyond; surpass
As in tower above : verb dominate
As in dominate : verb tower above

Example sentences :

It overtops all your sciences, embraces every cult, and lies at the base of all truth.
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

A museum is located in the dome which overtops the building.
Extract from : « Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2) » by William Henry Atherton

And there was the grand king of inventions—the Phonograph—that overtops all the rest.
Extract from : « The Boyhood of Great Inventors » by A. Fraser Robertson

They have long since become, for me, the danger that overtops all others.
Extract from : « The Letters of Henry James (volume I) » by Henry James

Every day the harvest increases, and overtops that of the last.
Extract from : « De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt

But the assumption of the genus young man often overtops the pyramids.
Extract from : « The Captain's Toll-Gate » by Frank R. Stockton

Of Ferryhill they remark that “such as know it knows it overtops and commands a great part of the country.”
Extract from : « The Great North Road: York to Edinburgh » by Charles G. Harper

The sonata form is not desperately evaded, and in the rondo of the E minor Concerto he overtops Hummel on his native heath.
Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker

How he overtops in the Cabinet those myrmidons with their many petty notions!
Extract from : « Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 » by Adam Gurowski

It is the individuality of one kind of plant which grows most abundantly or overtops the others.
Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various

Antonyms for overtops

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