\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.