OUTLEAP

Etymology

Noun

outleap (plural outleaps)

A sally; flight; escape.

A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.

Verb

outleap (third-person singular simple present outleaps, present participle outleaping, simple past and past participle outleaped or outleapt)

To leap out, as if from an ambush.

To leap beyond or farther than.

Anagrams

• peal out

Source: Wiktionary


Out*leap", v. t.

Definition: To surpass in leaping.

Out"leap`, n.

Definition: A sally. [R.] Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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