overtop
verb (used with object)
to rise over or above the top of.
has overtopped
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present perfectof overtop (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Faery Queen and The Pilgrim’s Progress have been so important in England that Allegory has overtopped Symbolism, and for a time has overwhelmed it in its own downfall.
From Ideas of Good and Evil by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Not often in this imperfect world are high anticipations overtopped, as the real American has overtopped my half-reminiscent dream of it.
From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by William Archer
I was born for an inaccessible love, and fortune has overtopped my desire.
From The Magic Skin by Ellen Marriage
The idea is of one who has overtopped his equals, and grown too high for the public safety.
From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Ebenezer Charlton Black
