Overleap

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}, {pretermit}, {omit}, {drop}, {miss}, {leave
          out}, {overlook}] [ant: {attend to}]