OVERTOP

overtop. Overtop, v.t. to exceed in height, to surpass

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O′ver‐top″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overtopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overtopping.] 1. 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. “To o'ertop old Pelion.” Shak.
2. 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. 3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.