overtopping

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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

overtopping

  1. present participle of overtop

Adjective

overtopping (comparative more overtopping, superlative most overtopping)

  1. Surmounting, surpassing.
    • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
      And he never said a word to her against her mother – he only remained dumb and discouraged in the face of her ladyship's own overtopping earnestness.
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