towered

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of tower.

   The cathedral towered over the medieval town's rooftops.

   He had towered over his teammates since middle school.

   Note

   One spelling does double duty: towered is both the simple past (the spire towered) and the participle that follows have (it had towered). Because the verb is intransitive, it has no passive, so nothing is ever "towered" by anything. An older use, now obsolete, did take an object and meant to soar into something. The same spelling also serves the adjective for buildings with towers, which describes a structure rather than an action.

2. 2
   adjective

   Equipped with one or more towers as part of the structure.

   The towered gatehouse guarded the only entrance to the fortress.

   Stately towered mansions lined the ridge overlooking the river.

   Similarturreted

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