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

Nature is not closed in by the designed overarch of an eventually-to-be-completed plan.

From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

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 Newell Dwight Hillis

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

They overarch and envelop, and from them there is no escape.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James

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