overtop

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: o=ver=top

CIDE DICTIONARY

overtop, v. t. 

•  To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.  [1913 Webster]

  "If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure.  Becon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

overtop, v.tr. (-topped, -topping)
1 be or become higher than.
2 surpass.

ROGET THESAURUS

overtop

Height

VB be high, tower, soar, command, hover, hover over, fly over, orbit, be in orbit, cap, culminate, overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount, perch, surmount, cover, overtop, stand on tiptoe, become high, grow higher, grow taller, upgrow, rise, send into orbit, render high, heighten.

Summit

VB culminate, crown, top, overtop.