overtone

[Eng. over, and tone.] The same as HARMONIC (q. v.). ō-ver-took', pret. & pa. par. of v. [OVERTAKE.] ō-ver-top', v. t. [Eng. over, and top, v.] 1. To rise above the top of; to surmount. "Where her imperious fane her former seat disdains, And proudly overtops the spacious neighboring plains." Drayton : Polyolbion , s. 2. 2. To excel, to surpa . "O'ertopping woman's power." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., ii. 4. 3. To obscure by superior excellence; to throw into the background. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0484.png:[blocks in formation]