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Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

Overlooked :: Overlooked (imp. & p. p.) of Overloo.

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it..

Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter..

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance..

Connive :: Connive (v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.

Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country..

Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill..

Establishmentarian :: Establishmentarian (n.) One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character..

Cavalier :: Cavalier (n.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts..

Command :: Command (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook..

Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position..

Oversight :: Oversight (n.) An overlooking; an omission; an error.

Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife..

Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

Oversee :: Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.

Skip :: Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over..

Prospect :: Prospect (v.) That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse..

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