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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overskip en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + skip.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To skip or leap over
  2. (archaic) to treat with indifference or ignore.
    • the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:

Forms

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overskipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overskipped Tense=Past lexicographic
overskipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overskips Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic