overjump en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + jump.
Meanings
- (transitive) To jump over.
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(obsolete, transitive) To omit or ignore.
Who did beſeech your loues, for our ſucceſſion, / Cannot ſo lightly ouer-iumpe his death / As leaue his woes revengeleſſe: […]
c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii:
- (intransitive) To jump too far or too high.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overjumped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overjumped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overjumps | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overjumping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |