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English Dictionary: overlooking	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overlooking adj used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" Synonym(s): commanding, dominating, overlooking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overlook \O`verlook"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlooking}.] 1. 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. [bd]The pile o'erlooked the town.[b8] --Dryden. [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them. --Shak. 2. 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. 3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. [bd]Overlook this pedigree.[b8] --Shak. The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well. --Roscommon. 4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Shak. If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die. --C. Kingsley. 5. 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. The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. --Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. ) They overlook truth in the judgments they pass. --Atterbury. The pardoning and overlooking* of faults. --Addison.