a fine levied by a lord for leaving an estate without permission
verb (ˌaʊtˈliːp)Word forms: -leaps, -leaping, -leapt or -leaped
4. (transitive)
to leap higher than or farther than
5. (transitive) poetic
to leap across
6. (intransitive) obsolete
to leap forth
outleap in American English
(ˌautˈlip) (verb-leaped or -leapt, -leaping)
transitive verb
1.
to leap ahead of or over
2.
to surpass in leaping
intransitive verb
3.
to leap forth
Word origin
[1590–1600; out- + leap]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Byzantine, jolt, squeeze, tea, volunteerout- is a prefixal use of the adverb out, occurring in various senses in compounds (outcast; outcome; outside), and serving also to form many transitive verbs denoting a going beyond, surpassing,or outdoing in the particular action indicated (outbid; outdo; outgeneral; outlast; outstay; outrate)