Definition of Overarched

1. Verb. (present participle of overarch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overarched

1. overarch [v] - See also: overarch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overarched

overapplication
overapplications
overapplied
overapplies
overapply
overapplying
overappraisal
overapproximate
overapproximated
overapproximates
overapproximating
overapproximation
overapproximations
overapt
overarch
overarched
overarches
overarching
overarm
overarmed
overarming
overarms
overarousal
overarousals
overarrange
overarranged
overarranges
overarranging
overarticulate
overarticulated

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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