/oh'veuhr leep"/ , v.t., overleaped or overleapt, overleaping .
1. to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.
2. to overreach (oneself) by leaping too far: to overleap oneself with ambition.
3. to pass over or omit: to overleap important steps and reach erroneous conclusions.
4. Archaic. to leap farther than; outleap.
[ bef. 900; ME overlepen, OE oferhleapan. See OVER-, LEAP ]