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Definition of Overleap
1. Verb. Defeat (oneself) by going too far.
2. Verb. Jump across or leap over (an obstacle).
Generic synonyms: Bound, Jump, Leap, Spring
Specialized synonyms: Hurdle
Derivative terms: Vault, Vaulter, Vaulting
3. Verb. Leave undone or leave out. "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Specialized synonyms: Forget, Jump, Pass Over, Skip, Skip Over
Antonyms: Attend To
Derivative terms: Neglect, Neglecter, Omissible, Omission, Omission, Omissive, Pretermission
Definition of Overleap
1. v. t. To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.
Definition of Overleap
1. Verb. To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To omit ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic) To ignore ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overleap
1. to leap over [v -LEAPED or -LEAPT, -LEAPING, -LEAPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overleap
Literary usage of Overleap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée (1916)
"The Equilibrium of Security and Change; the Sacrifice of One to the Other Must
not overleap Certain Bounds. The different methods which we ..."
2. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"... cubra enteramente otro cuerpo de diferente material. Overlie le"-v{r-lai'l, t>u.
1. Descansar 6 extenderse encima de 6 sobre. overleap lo-rfr-ltp'], va. ..."
3. The History of Long Island, from Its Discovery to the Present Time: With by Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1843)
"... allied to the celebrated Hugh White, who was among the first to overleap the
German settlements on the Mohawk, and from whom Whitestown was named. ..."
4. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English by John Walker (1823)
"... A-vdr-bire'. va to repress, to enough [down, to preponderate much weight or
power; to smother overleap, A-vur-lepe'. u, a. to pass by a jump ..."
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