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† overˈskip, v. Obs.
[over- 5, 13.]
1. trans. To skip or jump lightly over.
1558T. Phaer æneid vi. R j, Whan first that fatall horse our contrey walls did ouerskippe. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. Pref. iii. §2 Neither seeke yee to ouer-skip the fold.
2. fig. To ‘skip over’, pass over without notice, omit, pretermit.
c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 1208 Many a worde I ouer skipte In my tale. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 65 Marcus Aurelius Antonius..oversckippede not eny kynde of lecchery. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 179 Ouerskyppyng many wordes yt pleased hym not. 1602Narcissus (1893) 404 How can I overskippe To speake of love to such a cherrye lippe? 1605Shakes. Lear iii. vi. 113. 1675 Art Contentm. i. xv. (1684) 180 Not..confin'd to some few particular persons, and wholly overskipping the rest.
absol.1607Rowlands Famous Hist. 55 Tell me..In reading rashly, if I over-skip.
3. To overleap; to go beyond in skipping. rare.
1628Gaule Pract. The. (1629) 89 We would faine ouerskip euen Nature in her seruerall passages.
Hence † overˈskipper, one who overskips or omits; † overˈskipping vbl. n., omission. Obs.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 302 In þe sauter seyth dauyd to ouerskippers. c1440Jacob's Well 108 In syncopyng, in ouyr-skyppyng, in omyttyng. 1582T. Watson Centurie of Loue lxxx. Poems (Arb.) 116 Transilition or ouer skipping of number by rule and order, as from 1 to 3, 5, 7, and 9. |