Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Overtop \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 ? '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.

Source : WordNet®

overtop
     v : look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: {dominate},
          {command}, {overlook}]
     [also: {overtopping}, {overtopped}]