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

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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

I again perceive   The soothing influence of the wafted strains,   And settle in soft musings as I tread   The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms,   Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.

From English Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Ernest Bernbaum

I mentioned, that the wall which enclosed the old town was two miles in circumference; far beyond this stretches the modern part of Chester, and the old gateways now overarch the middle of long streets.

From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Arthur B. Fuller

On the left, lofty old trees overarch the spot.

From Little Eyolf by William Archer

The trees overarch you gently, and bend with graceful salutations; the rocks are most generous hearth-stones, and the pools under the cliffs are large enough for a morning splash.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by William Chauncey Bartlett

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