Lept

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of leap form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"Into the lake he lept his lord to ayd, / (So love the dread of daunger doth despise,) / And, of him catching hold, him strongly stayd / From drowning […]"

Synonyms

bound jump jump spring bound hop

Example

"The cat lept up and caught the bird."

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