overleap
to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.
to overreach (oneself) by leaping too far: to overleap oneself with ambition.
to pass over or omit: to overleap important steps and reach erroneous conclusions.
Archaic. to leap farther than; outleap.
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How to use overleap in a sentence
This higher authority, which no legislature could "overleap without destroying its own foundation," was the British Constitution.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerIf the general legislature should, at any time, overleap their limits, the judicial department is a constitutional check.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterWhy he did not overleap it is not known; but having probably became intimidated, he suddenly stopped and cried aloud for aid.
The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam | John FrostSee you yonder rock—the largest—where the foam breaks most fiercely, as if in wrath because it cannot overleap it?
The Norsemen in the West | R.M. BallantyneIt would not be well for us to overleap one grade of joy or suffering: our life would lose its completeness and beauty.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George Eliot
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