surtop
surtop verb: to overtop, to be on top of.
Verb
surtop (third-person singular simple present surtops, present participle surtopping, simple past and past participle surtopped)
- To overtop, to be on top of.
- In so much that at Rome Liberius, at Hierusalem Cyrillus, at Alexandria George, did filchingly and shamefully gouerne all Churches with hereticall dissembling, and so vehemently persecuted the Catholickes, that this persecution seemed to surtop all passed persecutions of former tyrants.1619, John Favour, Antiquitie Triumphing Over Noveltie […], page 389
- At the head of the principal division, and the one that was to be in the lead, was the formidable king himself, whose giant frame, surtopped with the tallest of plumes, was the most conspicuous figure in the whole army.1888, California Three Hundred and Fifty Years Ago […], page 238
Forms of surtop
| third-person singular present | surtops |
|---|---|
| present participle | surtopping |
| past participle | surtopped |
| past | surtopped |
Origin of surtop
From sur- + top.
Questions about surtop
- What does surtop mean?
- Surtop means to overtop, to be on top of.
- What part of speech is surtop?
- Surtop is a verb.
- What is the past tense of surtop?
- The past tense of surtop is surtopped.
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