overarch

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verb

To form an arch over something.

Similar
arch over
OriginEnglish arch ← Middle English arch ← Old French arche →
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Meanings

verboverarch (third-person singular simple present overarches, present participle overarching, simple past and past participle overarched)

present singular third person overarches · participle present overarching · participle past overarched · past overarched

  1. To form an arch over something.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbform an arch over

Similar
arch over
Broader
form

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷos
  9. Proto-Italic*arkuos
  10. Latinarcus
  11. Old Frencharc
  12. Old Frencharche
  13. Middle Englisharch
  14. Englisharch
  15. Englishoverarch

From over- + arch.

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Translations

Dutch overkoepelen
  • overkoepelento form an arch over something
Finnish kaartua yli
  • kaartua ylito form an arch over something

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

overarch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overarch

MLA

“overarch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overarch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overarch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overarch.

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