Definition: overleap

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

overleap
     v 1: defeat (oneself) by going too far
     2: jump across or leap over (an obstacle) [syn: vault]
     3: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
        "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
        [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave
        out, overlook] [ant: attend to]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Overleap \O`ver*leap"\, v. t. [AS. oferhle['a]pan. See Over,
   and Leap.]
   To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. ``Let me
   o'erleap that custom.'' --Shak.