overarch

American  

[oh-ver-ahrch] / ˌoʊ vərˈɑrtʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to span with or like an arch.

   A new bridge overarches the river.

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verb (used without object)

1. to form an arch over something.

   a cerulean sky overarching in the early twilight.

overarch British  

/ ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃ /

verb

1. (tr) to form an arch over

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Etymology

Origin of overarch

First recorded in 1660–70; over- + arch ¹

Example Sentences

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overarch

In its place he developed a lively and somewhat overarch Guedalla English which soon helped to make biographies almost as popular reading as novels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Does the holy law of God overarch him like the firmament, "tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, and starred with sparkling gold?"

From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd

Wonderful, too, are the Palms that overarch the driveway, and beautiful the gardens and panorama beyond.

From Beautiful Gardens in America by Louise Shelton

Nature is not closed in by the designed overarch of an eventually-to-be-completed plan.

From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

Maxillae supporting large, incurved, compressed bony crests, which overarch the nostrils and base of the rostrum, and almost meet in the middle line above.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various