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overlook

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  overlook 
  n  :  a  high  place  affording  a  good  view 
  v  1:  look  past,  fail  to  notice 
  2:  face  in  a  certain  direction;  "The  house  looks  out  on  a 
  tennis  court";  "The  apartment  looks  across  the  Hudson" 
  [syn:  {look  out  on},  {look  out  over},  {face},  {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},  {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




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