O′ver‐top″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Overtopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Overtopping.] 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. “To o'ertop old Pelion.” Shak.
2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.
If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign,... they are by law to be reduced into order. Milton.
3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.