overtopv. t.1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.(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.)