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outleap en · NOUN

Etymology

From out- + leap.

Meanings

1. A sally; flight; escape.
2. A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.
   • The outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him. 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter XIV, page 173:
3. (dated, obsolete, qualifier:estate law) A fine which is paid by a person to their lord for deserting an estate without permission.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outleaps	Number=Plur		lexicographic

outleap en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + leap.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To leap out, as if from an ambush.
2. (transitive) To leap beyond or farther than.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outleapt	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outleapt	Tense=Past		lexicographic
outleaped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outleaped	Tense=Past		lexicographic
outleaps	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
outleaping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic