overlookn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəlʊk/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌlʊk/

Forms: see over- prefix and look n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, look n.

Etymology: < over- prefix + look n., after to look over —— at look v. Phrasal verbs 2 or overlook v.With sense 2 perhaps compare overlook v. 7 and also the following:1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 197 I forgot..to ask whether it is planted here [i.e. in Trinidad], as in Jamaica, to keep off the evil eye, or ‘overlook’; whence its name.

1. A considering glance or look; a general survey, an overview; (also) inspection. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > survey

overlook1584

survey1589

coup d'œil1739

periscope1825

eye sweep1833

oversight1889

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > inspection

overview1598

overlook1865

1584 T. Lodge Delect. Hist. Forbonius & Prisceria (1853) 84 Our noble young gentleman, having past over many personages with a slight over looke.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys 147 This typified properly her social position of overlook and scrutiny.

1988 Ice Hockey News Rev. 19 Nov. 5/2 The big problem there, if you were to ask me to take an overlook of the situation, is that the administrators have a meeting amongst themselves and..waste too much time.

2. Originally and chiefly Jamaican. More fully overlook bean, †overlook pea. Any of several plants of the genus Canavalia (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), esp. the jack bean, C. ensiformis, traditionally planted at the edge of crops in parts of the Caribbean and thought to protect them against theft and the evil eye.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > other types of bean-plant

horse-bean1684

Angola pea1756

pole bean1770

Congo pea1812

Canavalia1828

no-eye pea1837

overlook1837

bean-vine1838

asparagus-bean1856

sword-bean1875

jack bean1885

horse-gram1886

winged bean1910

tepary1912

adzuki1914

siratro1962

1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 292 They are commonly planted, by the Negroes, along the margin of their provision grounds, from a superstitious notion..that the Overlook fulfils the part of a watchman, and..protects the provisions from plunder.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 197 Here and there that pretty climbing vetch, the Overlook.

1914 C. V. Piper Forage Plants & their Culture xxiii. 550 In Jamaica, whence it first became well known, it [sc. the jack bean, Canavalia ensiformis] is called the horse bean or the overlook bean.

1920 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica IV. 62 C[anavalia] altissima..Overlook Bean.

1972 Funk's Standard Dict. Folklore 534/2 Jack bean..is often seen in Negro gardens in the West Indies and parts of the southern United States on climbing poles higher than any of the other poles in the garden. It is called the overlook, i.e. it is believed to act as watch and guard for the garden.

3. A failure to see or notice something; an oversight. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence > instance of

oversight1531

overscape1581

overslip1584

preterition1609

neglect1611

inanimadvertence1656

inanimadversion1676

inadvertency1702

inadvertence1725

overlook1858

1858 G. Roy Generalship iii. 47 This yarn she had, by some overlook, left in the cat's way.

1887 T. Bayne in Athenæum 9 July 62/3 When his attention is thus called to a manifest overlook.

1897 R. Munro Prehist. Probl. 264 Simply an overlook on my part.

1906 N. Munro Night Alarm in Para Handy (1997) xvi. 71 By some overlook Macphail had left her with almost a full head of steam.

4. U.S. A (high) place affording a view of the scene below; a view from such a place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > place where view from a height obtained

overlook1861

Skylon1965

1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 37 Paths wound among rocky notches and grassy chasms, and led out to dizzy ‘over-looks’, and ‘short-offs’.

1884 Literary World (Boston) 23 Feb. 51/3 High overlooks upon the smiling valley.

1914 H. Palmer Mountaineering & Explor. Selkirks 122 Beyond the cleft, Beaver Overlook and the upper Beaver valley were imposingly in view.

1956 R. J. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. vi. 65 We stopped at the overlooks—lay-bys, James called them—where from the western rim we could look out over the lush farmlands.

2003 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 30 Jan. 2 As the trail bends to the left, a short path to the right leads to an overlook above an abandoned quarry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overlookv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈlʊk/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/

Forms: see over- prefix and look v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, look v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + look v. Compare to look over —— at look v. Phrasal verbs 2.

a. transitive. To look upon from above; to survey; to view openly. Frequently in passive. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look down upon

overseeOE

overlooka1400

overview1564

pretergress1615

supervise1624

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 8211 God þat al haþ to kepe And al ouerlokeþ [a1400 Vesp. for-lokes; a1400 Fairf. ordens] in his siȝt.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 648/1 I overlooke, je regarde par dessus.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Biiij^v The shadow had forsooke them, And Titan..With burning eye did hotly ouer-looke them.

1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 284 From hence, hee..began with a scornefull pride to ouerlooke the wealth of Europe.

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 29 Have you no more manners then to overlook a man when he's a Writing?

1741–3 J. Wesley Extract of Jrnl. (1749) 60 At dinner their little table, and chairs were set..where they could be overlooked.

1777 W. Hamilton Acct. Discov. Pompeii 8 The windows were placed too high for any one in the streets to overlook them.

1852 I. Pfeiffer Journey Iceland 32 I went on deck and overlooked the boundless waters.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde x. 129 The news that the murder had been overlooked, that the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world.

1977 B. Bainbridge Injury Time (1978) v. 53 Edward made me draw the shutters... He doesn't like being overlooked.

1997 R.-M. Rejouis & V. Vinokurov tr. P. Chamoiseau Texaco (1998) 41 From there she overlooked the fields, the pasture, the small coffee shrubs.

b. transitive. Of a place, etc.: to afford or command a view of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > have view of [verb (transitive)]

prospect1555

overview1564

overlook1632

command1697

the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy a height over or dominate

overstandeOE

overview1564

domain1589

command1610

supervise1624

overlook1632

domineer1812

overgaze1816

see1829

dominate1833

rake1842

overbendc1886

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 494 Goatfield Hill..ouer-looketh our Westerne Continent.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 420 The Stygian Fury to the Trojans flies: New Frauds invents, and takes a steepy Stand, Which overlooks the Vale with wide Command.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 259 The pump room windows overlook the King's Bath.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 378 The tyrant of this domain used to sit by a window that overlooked the prison yard.

1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein II. ii. 12 I sat upon the rock that overlooks the sea of ice.

1895 Sc. Antiquary 10 80 The brow of the hill overlooking the Nairn valley.

1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse ii. 29 This roof-garden overlooked our fig tree.

1988 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator 19 Apr. a1/6 The top of Mount Royal..overlooks Montreal and the surrounding area.

2. transitive. To look (a thing) over or through; to examine, scrutinize, inspect; to peruse, read through.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] > look through, examine

oversee1348

searcha1387

laita1400

overlooka1400

to look overc1400

to run through ——c1449

oversearch1532

overview1549

tumble1597

coursea1616

perquest1892

a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 962 (MED) Þe lord vnlappeþ þe lef, þis letres byholdeþ, Ouer-lokeþ [v.rr. loketh; radde ouer] ech a lyne to þe last ende.

c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 232 Whan I had red thys tale wel, And overloked hyt everydel.

a1456 J. Shirley in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse Between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 196 Ye haue þis booke ouerlooked, Þe right lynes with þe crooked.

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.vii Your highnesse..appoynted two of them to ouer loke the translation of the bible.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 50 And yet I would I had ore-look'd the Letter.

1624 W. Laud Diary 21 Dec. in Hist. Troubles (1695) 14 My Lord sent him to me to overlook the Articles.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 249 I have..transited Decimals..and shall now..overlook Logarithmes.

a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 260 To take a journey into Kent and Sussex, to Accompt with their Tenants, and overlook their Estates.

1744–91 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VIII. 319 To over-look the accounts of all the Stewards.

1793 Sporting Mag. 2 160/1 The Duke..overlooked his cards, and..begged one, which was granted, though he held the ace, deuce, and jack of trumps.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 115 Carefully O'erlooked the wound and cleansed it from the blood.

1926 G. Clapperton & R. H. Clapperton Pract. Paper-making (ed. 3) ii. 10 The rags..are usually overlooked again..to ensure the further removal of contraries and buttons.

1976 Nation (Bridgetown, Barbados) 20 June 7 The youngster overlooked my friend's expensive American car with admiration and asked ‘How many yards to the gallon?’

†3. transitive. figurative. To look down on; to despise; to treat with contempt, to slight. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)]

forhowc900

overhowOE

withhuheOE

forhecchec1230

scorna1275

despise1297

spise13..

to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303

to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320

to think scorn ofc1320

to set short by1377

to tell short of1377

to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390

spitea1400

contemnc1425

nought1440

overlooka1450

mainprizec1450

lightly1451

vilipendc1470

indeign1483

misprize1483

dain?1518

to look down on (also upon)1539

floccipend1548

contempta1555

to take scorn ata1566

embase1577

sdeign1590

disesteem1594

vilify1599

to set lightly, coldly1604

disrepute1611

to hold cheapa1616

avile1616

floccify1623

meprize1633

to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642

publican1648

naucify1653

disesteem1659

invalue1673

to set light, at light1718

sneeze1806

sniff1837

derry1896

to hold no brief for1918

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 429 Þogh he iette forth a-mong þe prees And ouer loke euerey pore wight His cofre and eke his purs ben penylees.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. 35 (MED) Thus leuerez ouere-loked ȝoure liegis ichonne.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvii. sig. L.iii An whole floud of all vnhappy mischief, arrogant maner..ouerloking y^e poore in worde and countenaunce.

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 170 To be supercilious, to overlooke men, and little things.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xxi. 469 The success of the present age..is very apt to elate the minds of men, and make them overlook the ancients.

a. transitive. To fail to see or observe; to pass over without noticing; to leave out of consideration, disregard, ignore.In quot. 1459: to turn a blind eye to (a person doing something irregular); with infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > overlook inadvertently

overseeOE

overlook1459

overscape1534

forget1538

overhale1571

to look beside1627

miss1666

underlook1802

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)]

fordita800

forheedc1275

forget1297

to let out ofa1300

spele1338

to go beside ——a1382

waivec1400

remiss?a1425

to go by ——?c1450

misknowledge?a1475

misknow1483

misken1494

to go besides ——1530

to let pass1530

unregard1545

unmind1562

overlook1570

mislippen1581

suspend1581

omit1589

blanch1605

to blow off1631

disregard1641

to pass with ——1641

to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654

prescind1654

nihilify1656

proscribe1680

unnotice1776

ignore1795

to close one's mind1797

cushion1818

to leave out in the cold1839

overslaugh1846

unheed1847

to write off1861

to look through ——1894

scrub1943

1459 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 107 Owr predecessoris owrlukyt and tholyt the smyth tyll byg ane smyde in the moss becaus of his..fuell that was necessar to his office.

1524 Queen Margaret Let. to Henry VIII (Calig. B.i) f. 216^v Wylke wol be grett danger to ye Kyng my sonis parson, and thys tyme be owr lokyd.

1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvi. 9 Our Lordis ar blinde and dois ouerluik it.

1650 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1840) II. 484 God having..furnished him with resolutione to overlook the reproches of men, and to behold him for whois caus he suffered.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 6 He over-looks those gross Absurdities, that are so conspicuous in it.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. iii. 98 The French..found it prudent to overlook this insult.

1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xx. 240 Agesilaus punished great men for the same faults which he overlooked in their inferiors.

1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxvi. 7 He oversees all and overlooks none.

1947 J. Steinbeck Pearl i. 3 The early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked.

1990 Country Walking Jan. 43 (heading) The area around Aberfeldy in Scotland is often overlooked by walkers.

†b. transitive (reflexive). To fail to perceive one's duty; to forget oneself. Cf. oversee v. 7. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > fail to perceive one's duty [verb (reflexive)]

overlook1724

1724 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 65. ¶3 Vex'd that I..should have overlook'd myself so far as to have given any Room [etc.].

5. transitive. To watch over officially, look after, oversee. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > superintend

overseec1330

overwaitc1449

overlook1532

supervise1566

superintend1596

supravise1604

supervise1653

superinspect1675

intend1791

targe1814

oversight1885

overseer1892

honcho1957

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxix So many let games and purpose brekers ben maked wayters, suche prisoners as I am euermore to ouerloke and to hynder.

1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. L^v And least they loyter we our selfe in person, Will ouerlook them.

1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 340 He was overlooking his harvest men..judging their labour by their sheaves.

1744 D. Garrick Let. 16 Sept. (1963) I. 44 I called often at his house to overlook his servants, and preach up order, œconomy, and care to them.

1798 G. Washington Writings (1893) XIV. 85 For overlooking this farm I would stretch the wages to £45.

1848 G. C. Furber Twelve Months Volunteer 292 This is prefecto... It is this officer's duty..to overlook the alcaldes in their administration of justice.

1879 Temple Bar 55 453 You must find some one else to overlook the beamers.

1908 M. D. Harris in Coventry Leet Bk. 284 The mayor to be compelled by oath to overlook [L. supervidendum] the wall, that no one move earth from it, or 20s fine.

1950 Packaging (Anglo-Amer. Council on Productivity) in Webster's Dict. Eng. Usage (1989) 704/1 The operators ‘overlook’ the machines.

†6.

a. transitive. To look over the top of (something) so as to see what is beyond. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look over or beyond

overlook1559

outsee1642

outlook1653

1559 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Troas v. sig. F.i Some on the rockes a tiptoe stande to ouerlooke the rest.

1559–60 Cott. Libr. Cal. B. ix Use ws as a fote stole to overloke ȝow.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 71 The walles of Townes were but low,..the walles of Winchester..were ouerlooked by Colebrand the Chieftaine of the Danes.

1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 160 If great men be kind to you, I pray you overlook them;..Christ but borroweth their face to smile through them upon His afflicted servant.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 21 The wall was just too high to be overlooked.

b. transitive. figurative. To rise above; to be higher than. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > make high(er) [verb (transitive)] > exceed in height

surmountc1374

overpassa1400

passc1400

overpeer1565

overcrop1567

overlook1567

overtop1578

top1582

superate1599

overtip?a1607

over-heighten?1611

out-topa1672

overtower1812

1567 G. Turberville Time Conquereth in Epit., Epigr. 70 b It makes the Oke to ouerlooke the slender shrubs bylow.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. v. 9 Our Syens..Spirt vp so suddenly into the Clouds, And ouer-looke their Grafters.

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 64 The Peruvian [mountains], and some others which may be reckon'd as the Extravagancys of Nature..overlook the Clouds.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 218 The laughing Nectar overlook'd the Lid.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. iii. 13 A..hat whose crown over-looked the brims about an inch and a half.

7. transitive. To cast the evil eye on; to bewitch. Now chiefly regional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > put an evil spell on > bewitch with evil eye

overlook1579

eye-bite1584

fascinate1591

forelook1596

oversee1641

blink1880

1579 [implied in: T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things vi. 140 Women that haue double apples in theyr eyes, or strales: do euery where hurt with their looking (Which is called of some ouerlooking). (at overlooking n.)].

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 15 Beshrow your eyes, They haue ore-lookt me and deuided me.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 82 Vilde worme, thou wast ore-look'd euen in thy birth.

1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 406 Embraceor is he which comes to the Bar with the party, and speaks in the matter, or is there to overlook the Jury, or to put them in fear.

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 51 They..told them, they were Over-look'd by some unlucky Person.

1742 M. Jones Let. June in Misc. in Prose & Verse (1750) 396 Whether any evil Eyes have been upon me, I cant tell; but theres an old Lady over the way, I a little suspect, who has very bad ones; and Im pretty sure Ive been overlookd by her twenty times.

1825 Sporting Mag. 16 342 ‘I wish’, said the man, ‘we may not be overlooked’.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady ii. 59 [The] firm belief in being ‘overlooked’ is very much more common..than is generally supposed.

1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye i. 11 In England, of all animals the pig is oftenest ‘overlooked’.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 91/2 Owerleuk, to overlook in the sense of to bewitch.

1954 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 5 A baby that has been overlooked will begin to pine away, and must be given certain herb remedies—among others, tea made from the overlook bean.

1994 R. Davies Cunning Man 465 If somebody had overlooked your cattle he could take off the spell, and maybe track down the overlooker.

†8. transitive. To look or appear more than. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (transitive)] > look more than

overlook1822

1822 Ld. Byron Let. 23 Sept. (1979) IX. 213 My mind misgives me that it [sc. the bust] is hideously like. If it is—I can not be long for this world—for it overlooks seventy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	overlook
释义	overlookn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəlʊk/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌlʊk/ Forms: see over- prefix and look n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, look n. Etymology: < over- prefix + look n., after to look over —— at look v. Phrasal verbs 2 or overlook v.With sense 2 perhaps compare overlook v. 7 and also the following:1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 197 I forgot..to ask whether it is planted here [i.e. in Trinidad], as in Jamaica, to keep off the evil eye, or ‘overlook’; whence its name. 1. A considering glance or look; a general survey, an overview; (also) inspection. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > survey overlook1584 survey1589 coup d'œil1739 periscope1825 eye sweep1833 oversight1889 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > inspection overview1598 overlook1865 1584 T. Lodge Delect. Hist. Forbonius & Prisceria (1853) 84 Our noble young gentleman, having past over many personages with a slight over looke. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys 147 This typified properly her social position of overlook and scrutiny. 1988 Ice Hockey News Rev. 19 Nov. 5/2 The big problem there, if you were to ask me to take an overlook of the situation, is that the administrators have a meeting amongst themselves and..waste too much time. 2. Originally and chiefly Jamaican. More fully overlook bean, †overlook pea. Any of several plants of the genus Canavalia (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), esp. the jack bean, C. ensiformis, traditionally planted at the edge of crops in parts of the Caribbean and thought to protect them against theft and the evil eye. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > other types of bean-plant horse-bean1684 Angola pea1756 pole bean1770 Congo pea1812 Canavalia1828 no-eye pea1837 overlook1837 bean-vine1838 asparagus-bean1856 sword-bean1875 jack bean1885 horse-gram1886 winged bean1910 tepary1912 adzuki1914 siratro1962 1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 292 They are commonly planted, by the Negroes, along the margin of their provision grounds, from a superstitious notion..that the Overlook fulfils the part of a watchman, and..protects the provisions from plunder. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 197 Here and there that pretty climbing vetch, the Overlook. 1914 C. V. Piper Forage Plants & their Culture xxiii. 550 In Jamaica, whence it first became well known, it [sc. the jack bean, Canavalia ensiformis] is called the horse bean or the overlook bean. 1920 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica IV. 62 C[anavalia] altissima..Overlook Bean. 1972 Funk's Standard Dict. Folklore 534/2 Jack bean..is often seen in Negro gardens in the West Indies and parts of the southern United States on climbing poles higher than any of the other poles in the garden. It is called the overlook, i.e. it is believed to act as watch and guard for the garden. 3. A failure to see or notice something; an oversight. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence > instance of oversight1531 overscape1581 overslip1584 preterition1609 neglect1611 inanimadvertence1656 inanimadversion1676 inadvertency1702 inadvertence1725 overlook1858 1858 G. Roy Generalship iii. 47 This yarn she had, by some overlook, left in the cat's way. 1887 T. Bayne in Athenæum 9 July 62/3 When his attention is thus called to a manifest overlook. 1897 R. Munro Prehist. Probl. 264 Simply an overlook on my part. 1906 N. Munro Night Alarm in Para Handy (1997) xvi. 71 By some overlook Macphail had left her with almost a full head of steam. 4. U.S. A (high) place affording a view of the scene below; a view from such a place. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > place where view from a height obtained overlook1861 Skylon1965 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 37 Paths wound among rocky notches and grassy chasms, and led out to dizzy ‘over-looks’, and ‘short-offs’. 1884 Literary World (Boston) 23 Feb. 51/3 High overlooks upon the smiling valley. 1914 H. Palmer Mountaineering & Explor. Selkirks 122 Beyond the cleft, Beaver Overlook and the upper Beaver valley were imposingly in view. 1956 R. J. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. vi. 65 We stopped at the overlooks—lay-bys, James called them—where from the western rim we could look out over the lush farmlands. 2003 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 30 Jan. 2 As the trail bends to the left, a short path to the right leads to an overlook above an abandoned quarry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overlookv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈlʊk/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/ Forms: see over- prefix and look v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, look v. Etymology: < over- prefix + look v. Compare to look over —— at look v. Phrasal verbs 2. 1. a. transitive. To look upon from above; to survey; to view openly. Frequently in passive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look down upon overseeOE overlooka1400 overview1564 pretergress1615 supervise1624 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 8211 God þat al haþ to kepe And al ouerlokeþ [a1400 Vesp. for-lokes; a1400 Fairf. ordens] in his siȝt. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 648/1 I overlooke, je regarde par dessus. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Biiij^v The shadow had forsooke them, And Titan..With burning eye did hotly ouer-looke them. View more context for this quotation 1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 284 From hence, hee..began with a scornefull pride to ouerlooke the wealth of Europe. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 29 Have you no more manners then to overlook a man when he's a Writing? 1741–3 J. Wesley Extract of Jrnl. (1749) 60 At dinner their little table, and chairs were set..where they could be overlooked. 1777 W. Hamilton Acct. Discov. Pompeii 8 The windows were placed too high for any one in the streets to overlook them. 1852 I. Pfeiffer Journey Iceland 32 I went on deck and overlooked the boundless waters. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde x. 129 The news that the murder had been overlooked, that the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world. 1977 B. Bainbridge Injury Time (1978) v. 53 Edward made me draw the shutters... He doesn't like being overlooked. 1997 R.-M. Rejouis & V. Vinokurov tr. P. Chamoiseau Texaco (1998) 41 From there she overlooked the fields, the pasture, the small coffee shrubs. b. transitive. Of a place, etc.: to afford or command a view of. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > have view of [verb (transitive)] prospect1555 overview1564 overlook1632 command1697 the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy a height over or dominate overstandeOE overview1564 domain1589 command1610 supervise1624 overlook1632 domineer1812 overgaze1816 see1829 dominate1833 rake1842 overbendc1886 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 494 Goatfield Hill..ouer-looketh our Westerne Continent. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 420 The Stygian Fury to the Trojans flies: New Frauds invents, and takes a steepy Stand, Which overlooks the Vale with wide Command. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 259 The pump room windows overlook the King's Bath. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 378 The tyrant of this domain used to sit by a window that overlooked the prison yard. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein II. ii. 12 I sat upon the rock that overlooks the sea of ice. 1895 Sc. Antiquary 10 80 The brow of the hill overlooking the Nairn valley. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse ii. 29 This roof-garden overlooked our fig tree. 1988 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator 19 Apr. a1/6 The top of Mount Royal..overlooks Montreal and the surrounding area. 2. transitive. To look (a thing) over or through; to examine, scrutinize, inspect; to peruse, read through. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] > look through, examine oversee1348 searcha1387 laita1400 overlooka1400 to look overc1400 to run through ——c1449 oversearch1532 overview1549 tumble1597 coursea1616 perquest1892 a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 962 (MED) Þe lord vnlappeþ þe lef, þis letres byholdeþ, Ouer-lokeþ [v.rr. loketh; radde ouer] ech a lyne to þe last ende. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 232 Whan I had red thys tale wel, And overloked hyt everydel. a1456 J. Shirley in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse Between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 196 Ye haue þis booke ouerlooked, Þe right lynes with þe crooked. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.vii Your highnesse..appoynted two of them to ouer loke the translation of the bible. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 50 And yet I would I had ore-look'd the Letter. View more context for this quotation 1624 W. Laud Diary 21 Dec. in Hist. Troubles (1695) 14 My Lord sent him to me to overlook the Articles. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 249 I have..transited Decimals..and shall now..overlook Logarithmes. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 260 To take a journey into Kent and Sussex, to Accompt with their Tenants, and overlook their Estates. 1744–91 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VIII. 319 To over-look the accounts of all the Stewards. 1793 Sporting Mag. 2 160/1 The Duke..overlooked his cards, and..begged one, which was granted, though he held the ace, deuce, and jack of trumps. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 115 Carefully O'erlooked the wound and cleansed it from the blood. 1926 G. Clapperton & R. H. Clapperton Pract. Paper-making (ed. 3) ii. 10 The rags..are usually overlooked again..to ensure the further removal of contraries and buttons. 1976 Nation (Bridgetown, Barbados) 20 June 7 The youngster overlooked my friend's expensive American car with admiration and asked ‘How many yards to the gallon?’ †3. transitive. figurative. To look down on; to despise; to treat with contempt, to slight. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] forhowc900 overhowOE withhuheOE forhecchec1230 scorna1275 despise1297 spise13.. to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303 to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320 to think scorn ofc1320 to set short by1377 to tell short of1377 to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390 spitea1400 contemnc1425 nought1440 overlooka1450 mainprizec1450 lightly1451 vilipendc1470 indeign1483 misprize1483 dain?1518 to look down on (also upon)1539 floccipend1548 contempta1555 to take scorn ata1566 embase1577 sdeign1590 disesteem1594 vilify1599 to set lightly, coldly1604 disrepute1611 to hold cheapa1616 avile1616 floccify1623 meprize1633 to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642 publican1648 naucify1653 disesteem1659 invalue1673 to set light, at light1718 sneeze1806 sniff1837 derry1896 to hold no brief for1918 a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 429 Þogh he iette forth a-mong þe prees And ouer loke euerey pore wight His cofre and eke his purs ben penylees. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. 35 (MED) Thus leuerez ouere-loked ȝoure liegis ichonne. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvii. sig. L.iii An whole floud of all vnhappy mischief, arrogant maner..ouerloking y^e poore in worde and countenaunce. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 170 To be supercilious, to overlooke men, and little things. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xxi. 469 The success of the present age..is very apt to elate the minds of men, and make them overlook the ancients. 4. a. transitive. To fail to see or observe; to pass over without noticing; to leave out of consideration, disregard, ignore.In quot. 1459: to turn a blind eye to (a person doing something irregular); with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > overlook inadvertently overseeOE overlook1459 overscape1534 forget1538 overhale1571 to look beside1627 miss1666 underlook1802 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] fordita800 forheedc1275 forget1297 to let out ofa1300 spele1338 to go beside ——a1382 waivec1400 remiss?a1425 to go by ——?c1450 misknowledge?a1475 misknow1483 misken1494 to go besides ——1530 to let pass1530 unregard1545 unmind1562 overlook1570 mislippen1581 suspend1581 omit1589 blanch1605 to blow off1631 disregard1641 to pass with ——1641 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 prescind1654 nihilify1656 proscribe1680 unnotice1776 ignore1795 to close one's mind1797 cushion1818 to leave out in the cold1839 overslaugh1846 unheed1847 to write off1861 to look through ——1894 scrub1943 1459 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 107 Owr predecessoris owrlukyt and tholyt the smyth tyll byg ane smyde in the moss becaus of his..fuell that was necessar to his office. 1524 Queen Margaret Let. to Henry VIII (Calig. B.i) f. 216^v Wylke wol be grett danger to ye Kyng my sonis parson, and thys tyme be owr lokyd. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvi. 9 Our Lordis ar blinde and dois ouerluik it. 1650 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1840) II. 484 God having..furnished him with resolutione to overlook the reproches of men, and to behold him for whois caus he suffered. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 6 He over-looks those gross Absurdities, that are so conspicuous in it. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. iii. 98 The French..found it prudent to overlook this insult. 1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xx. 240 Agesilaus punished great men for the same faults which he overlooked in their inferiors. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxvi. 7 He oversees all and overlooks none. 1947 J. Steinbeck Pearl i. 3 The early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. 1990 Country Walking Jan. 43 (heading) The area around Aberfeldy in Scotland is often overlooked by walkers. †b. transitive (reflexive). To fail to perceive one's duty; to forget oneself. Cf. oversee v. 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > fail to perceive one's duty [verb (reflexive)] overlook1724 1724 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 65. ¶3 Vex'd that I..should have overlook'd myself so far as to have given any Room [etc.]. 5. transitive. To watch over officially, look after, oversee. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > superintend overseec1330 overwaitc1449 overlook1532 supervise1566 superintend1596 supravise1604 supervise1653 superinspect1675 intend1791 targe1814 oversight1885 overseer1892 honcho1957 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxix So many let games and purpose brekers ben maked wayters, suche prisoners as I am euermore to ouerloke and to hynder. 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. L^v And least they loyter we our selfe in person, Will ouerlook them. 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 340 He was overlooking his harvest men..judging their labour by their sheaves. 1744 D. Garrick Let. 16 Sept. (1963) I. 44 I called often at his house to overlook his servants, and preach up order, œconomy, and care to them. 1798 G. Washington Writings (1893) XIV. 85 For overlooking this farm I would stretch the wages to £45. 1848 G. C. Furber Twelve Months Volunteer 292 This is prefecto... It is this officer's duty..to overlook the alcaldes in their administration of justice. 1879 Temple Bar 55 453 You must find some one else to overlook the beamers. 1908 M. D. Harris in Coventry Leet Bk. 284 The mayor to be compelled by oath to overlook [L. supervidendum] the wall, that no one move earth from it, or 20s fine. 1950 Packaging (Anglo-Amer. Council on Productivity) in Webster's Dict. Eng. Usage (1989) 704/1 The operators ‘overlook’ the machines. †6. a. transitive. To look over the top of (something) so as to see what is beyond. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look over or beyond overlook1559 outsee1642 outlook1653 1559 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Troas v. sig. F.i Some on the rockes a tiptoe stande to ouerlooke the rest. 1559–60 Cott. Libr. Cal. B. ix Use ws as a fote stole to overloke ȝow. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 71 The walles of Townes were but low,..the walles of Winchester..were ouerlooked by Colebrand the Chieftaine of the Danes. 1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 160 If great men be kind to you, I pray you overlook them;..Christ but borroweth their face to smile through them upon His afflicted servant. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 21 The wall was just too high to be overlooked. b. transitive. figurative. To rise above; to be higher than. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > make high(er) [verb (transitive)] > exceed in height surmountc1374 overpassa1400 passc1400 overpeer1565 overcrop1567 overlook1567 overtop1578 top1582 superate1599 overtip?a1607 over-heighten?1611 out-topa1672 overtower1812 1567 G. Turberville Time Conquereth in Epit., Epigr. 70 b It makes the Oke to ouerlooke the slender shrubs bylow. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. v. 9 Our Syens..Spirt vp so suddenly into the Clouds, And ouer-looke their Grafters. View more context for this quotation 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 64 The Peruvian [mountains], and some others which may be reckon'd as the Extravagancys of Nature..overlook the Clouds. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 218 The laughing Nectar overlook'd the Lid. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. iii. 13 A..hat whose crown over-looked the brims about an inch and a half. 7. transitive. To cast the evil eye on; to bewitch. Now chiefly regional. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > put an evil spell on > bewitch with evil eye overlook1579 eye-bite1584 fascinate1591 forelook1596 oversee1641 blink1880 1579 [implied in: T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things vi. 140 Women that haue double apples in theyr eyes, or strales: do euery where hurt with their looking (Which is called of some ouerlooking). (at overlooking n.)]. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 15 Beshrow your eyes, They haue ore-lookt me and deuided me. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 82 Vilde worme, thou wast ore-look'd euen in thy birth. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 406 Embraceor is he which comes to the Bar with the party, and speaks in the matter, or is there to overlook the Jury, or to put them in fear. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 51 They..told them, they were Over-look'd by some unlucky Person. 1742 M. Jones Let. June in Misc. in Prose & Verse (1750) 396 Whether any evil Eyes have been upon me, I cant tell; but theres an old Lady over the way, I a little suspect, who has very bad ones; and Im pretty sure Ive been overlookd by her twenty times. 1825 Sporting Mag. 16 342 ‘I wish’, said the man, ‘we may not be overlooked’. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady ii. 59 [The] firm belief in being ‘overlooked’ is very much more common..than is generally supposed. 1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye i. 11 In England, of all animals the pig is oftenest ‘overlooked’. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 91/2 Owerleuk, to overlook in the sense of to bewitch. 1954 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 5 A baby that has been overlooked will begin to pine away, and must be given certain herb remedies—among others, tea made from the overlook bean. 1994 R. Davies Cunning Man 465 If somebody had overlooked your cattle he could take off the spell, and maybe track down the overlooker. †8. transitive. To look or appear more than. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (transitive)] > look more than overlook1822 1822 Ld. Byron Let. 23 Sept. (1979) IX. 213 My mind misgives me that it [sc. the bust] is hideously like. If it is—I can not be long for this world—for it overlooks seventy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1584v.a1400
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