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overlooking |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overlook \O`ver*look"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlooked}; p. pr & vb n. {Overlooking}.] 1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of as to overlook a valley from a hill. ``The pile o'erlooked the town.'' --Dryden. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overlooking adj : used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn: {commanding}, {dominating}]
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