betop

Verb

betop (third-person singular simple present betops, present participle betopping, simple past and past participle betopped)

1. (rare, transitive) To top
   • The Pagoda is the great Leviathan of the river Snowford; every thing on its banks must yield toils proud supremacy; it betops all contemporaries.1841, Lord William Pitt Lennox, Complex Audley
   • So now we have, ladies and gentlemen, the Botanic Gardens once more to one side, on the right now, as you will appreciate, doing our circuit clockwise around, noting also, if you haven't already, not only the firmly locked until clearly stated opening times (subject to seasonal variation) iron...2009, Morris Lurie, To Light Attained