overleap

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to leap or jump over an obstacle

   The deer can overleap the low fence without slowing down.

2. 2
   verb

   to pass over, omit, or advance beyond something

   The compressed history overleaps several important generations.

From Middle English overlepen and Old English oferhleapan, a compound of over + leap. The literal act of jumping across an obstacle developed a figurative sense of skipping or passing beyond an intermediate stage.

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