Ō/ver-lōōk', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. OVERLOOKED; p. pr. & vb. n. OVERLOOKING.] To look over or beyond, as from an elevated position; and specifically, (a.) To view from a high place; as, to overlook the sea. (b.) To afford an elevated prospect of. The pile o'erlooked the town. Dryden. (c.) To inspect; hence, to review; to go over and survey the whole. The time and care that are required To overlook, and file, and polish well. Roscommon. (d.) To look beyond, so that what is near by is not perceived; to omit to see by looking at other objects; to neglect by carelessness or inadvertence; to pass by. They overlook truth in the judgment they pass on adversity and prosperity. Atterbury. (e.) Hence, to refrain willingly from noticing; to excuse; to pardon. “The pardoning and overlooking of faults.” Addison. (f.) To look over the shoulder of; as, to overlook one while he is writing. (g.) To bewitch, as by looking upon. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.