OVERLOOK

I. transitive verb Date: 14th century to look over ; inspect , 2. to look down upon from above, to rise above or afford a view of, 3. to look past ; miss , ignore 1, excuse 2, superintend , oversee , to look on with the evil eye ; bewitch , see: neglect II. noun Date: 1861 a place from which one may look down on a scene below