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Definition of Overarched
1. overarch [v] - See also: overarch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overarched
Literary usage of Overarched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Display of the Beauties of England by Beatrix Farrand, Eliza Webber (1776)
"... through a kind of vifta or glade, falling down a. precipice overarched with
trees, You now proceed to a feat, at the bottom of a large root, ..."
2. The Christian Faith Personally Given in a System of Doctrine by Olin Alfred Curtis (1905)
"Even as the separate texts are overarched by the general bearing of Jesus, so
his general bearing is overarched by the one fact that he claimed to have the ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The cavities containing the limestone were once plainly overarched by the
accompanying gneiss. In places the gneiss now so overarches some of them, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1894)
"Where they are covered or overarched with limestone, the ores often rest upon
the floor, leaving an open space above. In the open crevices, the clay rests ..."
5. Text-book of Botany: Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1875)
"The archegonia and antheridia are formed on the upper side from young epidermal
cells which grow into papillae, and are overarched, in consequence of their ..."
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