† overˈskip, v. Obs.
[over- 5, 13.]
1. trans. To skip or jump lightly over.
| 1558 T. Phaer æneid vi. R j, Whan first that fatall horse our contrey walls did ouerskippe. 1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. Pref. iii. §2 Neither seeke yee to ouer-skip the fold. |
2. fig. To ‘skip over’, pass over without notice, omit, pretermit.
| c 1369 Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 1208 Many a worde I ouer skipte In my tale. 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 65 Marcus Aurelius Antonius..oversckippede not eny kynde of lecchery. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 179 Ouerskyppyng many wordes y{supt} pleased hym not. 1602 Narcissus (1893) 404 How can I overskippe To speake of love to such a cherrye lippe? 1605 Shakes. 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. 1607 Rowlands Famous Hist. 55 Tell me..In reading rashly, if I over-skip. |
3. To overleap; to go beyond in skipping.
rare.
| 1628 Gaule 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.| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 302 In þe sauter seyth dauyd to ouerskippers. c 1440 Jacob's Well 108 In syncopyng, in ouyr-skyppyng, in omyttyng. 1582 T. 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. |