Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1. 
 be central or dominant; 
- Example: "This scene overarches the entire first act"2. 
 form an arch over; 
- Example: "Big rocks overarch the stream"[syn: overarch, arch over]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Overarch \O`ver*arch"\, v. t. & i.
   To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.
   "Brown with o'erarching shades." --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
overarch
    v 1: be central or dominant; "This scene overarches the entire
         first act"
    2: form an arch over; "Big rocks overarch the stream" [syn:
       overarch, arch over]