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overlook verb trans. LME.
[from OVER- + LOOK verb.]
Look (a thing) over or through; examine, scrutinize, inspect. arch. LME.
Look down at; survey from above or from a higher position; (of a place etc.) afford a view of. LME.
B. Bainbridge Edward made me draw the shutters...He doesn't like being overlooked. H. Kissinger A..living room overlooking a lawn. A. Maupin They ate lunch overlooking the water. A. Miller A sixth-story window that overlooks Central Park.
fig. Despise, treat with contempt. LME-L18.
Watch over officially, superintend, oversee. LME.
Fail to see or observe; pass over without noticing; disregard, ignore. E16.
J. Steinbeck Turning..bits of wood to see whether anything..had been overlooked. S. Quinn Psychoanalysis..tended to overlook the female experience.
Look over the top of; be higher than. M16.
Look on with the evil eye; bewitch. L16.
overlooker noun a person who overlooks someone or something; spec. a superintendent, an overseer; an observer; a spy: LME.