Definition: overlook

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

overlook
     n : a high place affording a good view
     v 1: look past, fail to notice
     2: be oriented in a certain direction; "The house looks out on
        a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
        [syn: look out on, look out over, look across]
     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, overleap] [ant: attend to]
     4: look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate,
         command, overtop]
     5: watch over

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Overlook \O`ver*look"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlooked; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Overlooking.]
   1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to
      look over or view from a higher position; to rise above,
      so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from
      a hill. ``The pile o'erlooked the town.'' --Dryden.

            [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe
      secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook
      one who is writing a letter.

   3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or
      repeatedly. ``Overlook this pedigree.'' --Shak.

            The time and care that are required To overlook and
            file and polish well.                 --Roscommon.

   4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon;
      to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Shak.

            If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your
            pigs will die.                        --C. Kingsley.

   5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to
      miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing
      notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without
      censure or punishment; to excuse.

            The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked.
                                                  --Acts xvii.
                                                  30 (Rev. Ver.
                                                  )

            They overlook truth in the judgments they pass.
                                                  --Atterbury.

            The pardoning and overlooking of faults. --Addison.