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.

3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.