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

Give him thy ways, and he will overarch life's path as the heavens overarch the flowers, filling them with heat by day and yielding cooling dews by night.

From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service 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

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