overleap

== English == === Alternative forms === o'erleap (poetic) === Etymology === From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). By surface analysis, over- +‎ leap. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /oʊ.vərˈliːp/ (UK) IPA(key): /əʊ.vəˈliːp/ === Verb === overleap (third-person singular simple present overleaps, present participle overleaping, simple past and past participle overleaped or overleapt) (transitive) To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping. [from 8th c.] (transitive) To pass over; to exceed; to omit, leave out. [from 10th c.] (dated, reflexive) To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far. === References === “overleap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.