O`ver*look" (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Overlooked (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Overlooking.] 1. To look
down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view
from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of;
as, to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile
o'erlooked the town." 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. "Overlook this pedigree."
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. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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; hence, to refrain from
bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without
censure or punishment; to excuse.
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.
