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Meaning of o'erleap | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

Contraction of overleap

abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, literary

Examples

“The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, / For in my way it lies.”

“I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself / And falls on th' other.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

o'erload o'erloaded o'erloading o'erloads o'erlook o'erthrew