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overleap

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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},  {omit},  {drop},  {miss},  {leave  out},  {overlook}] 
  [ant:  {attend  to}]




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