overleap UK /əʊ.vəˈliːp/US /oʊ.vərˈliːp/ verb3 •to cross something such as a fence or a stream by jumpingNor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she staies, / But overleapes them all, like Robucke light […]. — 1596 •To pass over; to exceed; to omit, leave out.It should be noted that even modest German efforts to overleap the power-political constraints on imperial expansion met with sturdy resistance from the established world powers. — 2012 •[with oneself] (old-fashioned) To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.I overleapt myself and stumbled. formsoverleaped · overleapt · overlept · overleaping · overleaps