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Outleap

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sally; flight; escape.
  2. 2
    A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.

    "The outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him."

  3. 3
    A fine which is paid by a person to their lord for deserting an estate without permission. dated, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To leap out, as if from an ambush. transitive
  2. 2
    To leap beyond or farther than. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From out- + leap.

Etymology 2

From out- + leap.

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