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

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

On the left, lofty old trees overarch the spot.

From Little Eyolf by Archer, William

His great soul overhung his friends as the harvests overarch the fields, "filling the flowers with heat by day, and cooling them with dews by night."

From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight

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 Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Waller, Alfred Rayney

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 Fuller, Arthur B.