Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overleap"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Overleap \O`ver*leap"\, v. t. [AS. oferhle['a]pan. See {Over},
and {Leap}.]
To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. ``Let me
o'erleap that custom.'' --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

overleap
v 1: defeat (oneself) by going too far
2: jump across or leap over (an obstacle) [syn: {vault}]
3: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: {neglect}, {pretermit}, {omit}, {drop}, {miss}, {leave
out}, {overlook}] [ant: {attend to}]


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