[Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.
--Shak.
2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe
secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook
one who is writing a letter.
3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or
repeatedly. ``Overlook this pedigree.'' --Shak.
The time and care that are required To overlook and
file and polish well. --Roscommon.
4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon;
to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Shak.
If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your
pigs will die. --C. Kingsley.
5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to
miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing
notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without
censure or punishment; to excuse.
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked.
--Acts xvii.
30 (Rev. Ver.
)
They overlook truth in the judgments they pass.
--Atterbury.
The pardoning and overlooking of faults. --Addison.