Overlook /(?)/

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 be situated above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill; a hotel room that overlooks the marketplace.

   [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.

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.

   The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well.

4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

   If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die.

5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; to fail to notice; to fail to observe; as, to overlook a mistake in addition; to overlook a missing bolt.
6. To refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to disregard or deliberately ignore; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse or pardon (a fault, error, or misdeed).

   The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked.

   They overlook truth in the judgments they pass.

   The pardoning and overlooking of faults.