Overleap
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping. transitive
"Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she staies, / But overleapes them all, like Robucke light […]."
- 2 leave undone or leave out wordnet
- 3 To pass over; to omit, leave out. transitive
"It should be noted that even modest German efforts to overleap the power-political constraints on imperial expansion met with sturdy resistance from the established world powers."
- 4 jump across or leap over (an obstacle) wordnet
- 5 To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far. dated, reflexive
"I overleapt myself and stumbled."
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- 6 defeat (oneself) by going too far wordnet
Example
More examples"Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she staies, / But overleapes them all, like Robucke light […]."
Etymology
From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan, equivalent to over- + leap. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”).
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