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Overleap definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERLE'AP, v.t. To leap over; to pass or move from side to side by leaping; as, to overleap a ditch or a fence.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: defeat (oneself) by going too far
2: jump across or leap over (an obstacle) [syn: vault, overleap]
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, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-leaped or overleapt; overleaping) Date: before 12th century 1. to leap over or across 2. to defeat (oneself) by going too far

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (past and past part. -leaped or -leapt) 1 leap over, surmount. 2 omit, ignore. Etymology: OE oferhleapan (as OVER, LEAP)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.