overarch

[ oh-ver-ahrch ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈɑrtʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.

verb (used without object)

to form an arch over something: a cerulean sky overarching in the early twilight.

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Origin of overarch

First recorded in 1660–70; over- + arch¹

Words nearby overarch

overambitious, over and above, over and done with, over and over, overanxious, overarch, overarching, overarm, overattentive, overawe, overbalance

How to use overarch in a sentence

The scene from which he looked down,—was it the mere upper chamber of Juda, or did it overarch the human world?
Studies of Christianity|James Martineau
What matters it that the tree planted to-day shall never overarch and protect you from the smiting sun?
A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed.|William Chauncey Bartlett
How abstract would be anything common to all times and places, how terrible a mocking truth that should overarch them for ever!
Soliloquies in England|George Santayana
"To thee—and to thy seed:" these words span the gulf of two thousand years, and overarch the Mosaic dispensation.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians|G. G. Findlay

Wonderful, too, are the Palms that overarch the driveway, and beautiful the gardens and panorama beyond.
Beautiful Gardens in America|Louise Shelton

British Dictionary definitions for overarch

overarch

/ (ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃ) /

verb

(tr) to form an arch over

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