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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leap \Leap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped}, rarely {Leapt}; p.
pr & vb n. {Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS hle['a]pan
to leap, jump, run; akin to OS [=a]hl?pan, OFries hlapa D.
loopen, G. laufen OHG. louffan hlauffan Icel. hlaupa Sw
l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan Cf {Elope}, {Lope},
{Lapwing}, {Loaf} to loiter.]
1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to
vault; as a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a
horse. --Bacon.
Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.
2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the
sky. --Wordsworth.
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