Definitions for overarch

overarch o·ver·arch

Spelling: [oh-ver-ahrch]
IPA: /ˌoʊ vərˈɑrtʃ/

Overarch is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in overarch (acehorrv).

Definitions for overarch

verb (used with object)

  1. to span with or like an arch:

verb (used without object)

  1. to form an arch over something:

Origin of overarch

First recorded in 1660-70; over- + arch1

Examples for overarch

How abstract would be anything common to all times and places, how terrible a mocking truth that should overarch them for ever!

The scene from which he looked down,—was it the mere upper chamber of Juda, or did it overarch the human world?

Wonderful, too, are the Palms that overarch the driveway, and beautiful the gardens and panorama beyond.

"To thee—and to thy seed:" these words span the gulf of two thousand years, and overarch the Mosaic dispensation.

Word Value for overarch
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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