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Definition of Overleaped
1. overleap [v] - See also: overleap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overleaped
Literary usage of Overleaped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Latin at Sight: With an Introduction, Suggestions for Sight-reading, and by Edwin Post (1894)
"Ambition that overleaped Itself. In prato quondam rana conspexit bovem, et tacta
invidia tantae magnitudinis ..."
2. The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws by James Madison, J. W. Randolph (1850)
"That, in Great Britain, where the prerogatives were limited, wherever the executive
overleaped their bounds, other organized bodies would always control and ..."
3. Parliamentary Debates by Australia Parliament (1904)
"Why has there been such a great desire — a desire which has often overleaped the
limits of prudence — why has there been such intense anxiety to push ..."
4. Mahá-nátaka: A Dramatic History of King Ráma by Hanumān (1840)
"... has overleaped a dangerous ocean, entered Lanka, which was never discovered
even by demons, and, having had a view of the city, has driven the porters ..."
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