Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overtop
Participle: overtopped
Gerund: overtopping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overtop |
| you | overtop |
| he;she;it | overtops |
| we | overtop |
| you | overtop |
| they | overtop |
Perfect
| I | have overtopped |
| you | have overtopped |
| he;she;it | has overtopped |
| we | have overtopped |
| you | have overtopped |
| they | have overtopped |
Past
| I | overtopped |
| you | overtopped |
| he;she;it | overtopped |
| we | overtopped |
| you | overtopped |
| they | overtopped |
Pluperfect
| I | had overtopped |
| you | had overtopped |
| he;she;it | had overtopped |
| we | had overtopped |
| you | had overtopped |
| they | had overtopped |
Future
| I | will overtop |
| you | will overtop |
| he;she;it | will overtop |
| we | will overtop |
| you | will overtop |
| they | will overtop |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overtopped |
| you | will have overtopped |
| he;she;it | will have overtopped |
| we | will have overtopped |
| you | will have overtopped |
| they | will have overtopped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overtop |
| you | overtop |
| he;she;it | overtop |
| we | overtop |
| you | overtop |
| they | overtop |
Perfect
| I | have overtopped |
| you | have overtopped |
| he;she;it | have overtopped |
| we | have overtopped |
| you | have overtopped |
| they | have overtopped |
Imperfect
| I | overtopped |
| you | overtopped |
| he;she;it | overtopped |
| we | overtopped |
| you | overtopped |
| they | overtopped |
Pluperfect
| I | had overtopped |
| you | had overtopped |
| he;she;it | had overtopped |
| we | had overtopped |
| you | had overtopped |
| they | had overtopped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overtop |
| you | would overtop |
| he;she;it | would overtop |
| we | would overtop |
| you | would overtop |
| they | would overtop |
Perfect
| I | would have overtopped |
| you | would have overtopped |
| he;she;it | would have overtopped |
| we | would have overtopped |
| you | would have overtopped |
| they | would have overtopped |
Imperative
| you | overtop |
| we | Let's overtop |
| you | overtop |
Verbs conjugated like 'overtop'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overtop'
overtip,
overamp,
overbow,
overcrop,
overdo,
overdot,
overdrop,
overgo,
overhip,
overhope,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. English top
10. English overtop
11. From over- + top.
Sample Sentences
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From thence we came without the Eaſtern gate, (ſtanding on a low Banke, called the daughter of Syon, that over-toppeth the valley of Iehoſaphat,) unto an immoveable ſtone, upon the which they ſaid St. Stephen was ſtoned to death, the firſt Martyr of the Chriſtian faith; and the faithfull fore-runner of many noble followers. [1640, William Lithgow, “The Sixt Part”, in The Totall Diſcourſe, Of the rare Adventures, and painefull Peregrinations of long nineteene yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the moſt famous Kingdomes in Europe, Aſia, and Affrica […], London: I. Okes, page 249:]
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Nor was he content with thus strongly garrisoning the fort, but he likewise added exceedingly to its strength by furnishing it with a formidable battery of quaker guns—rearing a stupendous flag-staff in the centre which overtopped the whole city—and moreover by building a great windmill on one of the bastions. [1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], chapter III, in A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 216:]
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Scatters the pearled dew from off the grass,
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In tremulous ecstasy to greet the sun,
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Who soon in gilded panoply will pass
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Forth from yon orange-curtained pavilion
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Hung in the burning east, see, the red rim
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O'ertops the expectant hills! it is the God! [...] [a. 1881, Oscar Wilde, 'The Garden of Eros', in Poems:]
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There was a single birch tree that overtopped the other trees on the island, and was now picked out against the moon-drenched sky. [1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 79:]
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The U.S.A. has a mountain railway which overtops all in Switzerland for altitude, even the 11,333ft of the Jungfrau Railway. [1963 July, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: U.S. buys Swiss rack equipment”, in Modern Railways, page 60:]
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[…] try to switch one off and current still leaks through, like water overtopping a levee. [2009 February 20, Robert F. Service, “MATERIALS SCIENCE: Is Silicon's Reign Nearing Its End?”, in Science, volume 323, number 5917, →DOI, pages 1000–1002:]
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to overtop a pizza