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Webster's English Dictionary

overlook
v. t. 1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to be situated above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill; a hotel room that overlooks the marketplace. (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. (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. (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; to fail to notice; to fail to observe; as, to overlook a mistake in addition; to overlook a missing bolt. ()
6. To refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to disregard or deliberately ignore; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse or pardon (a fault, error, or misdeed). ()
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.)


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