overleave I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\adverb Etymology:over (II) + leave, n. : after the period of leave granted < that time they went back … overleave — K.M.Dodson > II. adjective : absent beyond the period of leave granted < might simply be overleave — T.O.Heggen >