overleap

verb

Etymology: From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan, equivalent to over- + leap. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”).

1. To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.

   “Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she staies, / But overleapes them all, like Robucke light […].”

2. To pass over; to omit, leave out.

   “It should be noted that even modest German efforts to overleap the power-political constraints on imperial expansion met with sturdy resistance from the established world powers.”

3. To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.

   “I overleapt myself and stumbled.”