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o·ver·arch

(ō′vər-ärch′)

tr.v. o·ver·arched, o·ver·arch·ing, o·ver·arch·es

To form an arch over: Grape vines overarched the garden path.

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overarch

(ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃ)

(tr) to form an arch over

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o•ver•arch

(ˌoʊ vərˈɑrtʃ)
v.t.

1. to span with or like an arch.

v.i.

2. to form an arch over something.

[1660–70]

overarch

Past participle: overarched
Gerund: overarching

Imperative
overarch
overarch

Present
I overarch
you overarch
he/she/it overarches
we overarch
you overarch
they overarch

Preterite
I overarched
you overarched
he/she/it overarched
we overarched
you overarched
they overarched

Present Continuous
I am overarching
you are overarching
he/she/it is overarching
we are overarching
you are overarching
they are overarching

Present Perfect
I have overarched
you have overarched
he/she/it has overarched
we have overarched
you have overarched
they have overarched

Past Continuous
I was overarching
you were overarching
he/she/it was overarching
we were overarching
you were overarching
they were overarching

Past Perfect
I had overarched
you had overarched
he/she/it had overarched
we had overarched
you had overarched
they had overarched

Future
I will overarch
you will overarch
he/she/it will overarch
we will overarch
you will overarch
they will overarch

Future Perfect
I will have overarched
you will have overarched
he/she/it will have overarched
we will have overarched
you will have overarched
they will have overarched

Future Continuous
I will be overarching
you will be overarching
he/she/it will be overarching
we will be overarching
you will be overarching
they will be overarching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been overarching
you have been overarching
he/she/it has been overarching
we have been overarching
you have been overarching
they have been overarching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been overarching
you will have been overarching
he/she/it will have been overarching
we will have been overarching
you will have been overarching
they will have been overarching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been overarching
you had been overarching
he/she/it had been overarching
we had been overarching
you had been overarching
they had been overarching

Conditional
I would overarch
you would overarch
he/she/it would overarch
we would overarch
you would overarch
they would overarch

Past Conditional
I would have overarched
you would have overarched
he/she/it would have overarched
we would have overarched
you would have overarched
they would have overarched

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Verb	1.	overarch - be central or dominant; "This scene overarches the entire first act" dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule - be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
	2.	overarch - form an arch over; "Big rocks overarch the stream" arch over

Translations

kaartuayli

overarch

[ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃ] vt → formare un arco sopra

References in classic literature ?

Imagine a tall, dignified, spiritual woman, whose clear muslin cap shades waves of silvery hair, parted on a broad, clear forehead, which overarches thoughtful gray eyes.

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One day as he was returning from the well, he stumbled against the step of the stile, and his brown pot, falling with force against the stones that overarched the ditch below him, was broken in three pieces.

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It was in the light of his injury that the weight of Newman's past endurance seemed so heavy; his actual irritation had not been so great, merged as it was in his vision of the cloudless blue that overarched his immediate wooing.