† overslipn.
Obsolete.
An oversight; a mistake made inadvertently.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence > instance of
oversight1531
overscape1581
overslip1584
preterition1609
neglect1611
inanimadvertence1656
inanimadversion1676
inadvertency1702
inadvertence1725
overlook1858
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > of inadvertence
oversight1531
overslip1584
scape1669
bevue1716
escape1844
Freudian slip1959
1584 B. Rich Don Simonides II. sig. Nij [They] are by the circumspecte founde guiltie of those errours, which by their mincing ouerslips they would haue pretermitted.
1593 Passionate Morrice sig. F3 I let not them passe in whom I discouer not many ouer-slippes.
1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 94 After that he had seen him express so much of sorrow for that over-slip.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
† overslipv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To pass over without notice; to let slip, let pass; to omit to notice, mention, respond to, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over
forgetc950
overhipc1300
overgoa1382
overpassa1382
passa1382
to step over ——1387
to pass overc1390
overslipa1400
overskipc1400
overslide1488
overstartc1500
neglect1511
skip1531
to pass by1560
intermit1570
leap1600
overjump1604
jump1749
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 12900 (MED) But miȝte he neuer ouer slip [a1400 Vesp. witslip] þat him self seide of worship.
a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 22 (MED) Þe science and konnyng of ordinaunce of wardes is wondirliche by necligent sleuþe ouerslippid [L. intercidit].
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xiii. 81 Forsuyth, I sall nocht ourslyp in this steyd Thy hard myschance, Lawsus, and fatale deyd.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Esther ix. E The dayes of Purim, which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes.
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 62 I must speake of one woorde in the same, deservinge correctione, whiche I see you ouerslipped.
1662 J. Dauncey Eng. Lovers i. 20 I fearing least I had overslipped some minutes of the time, made hast to the appointed place, where I found my adversary ready to receive me.
1672 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 20 That ye Advantages of ye Crowne by this Regulation bee not overslipt.
1728 L. Theobald Double Falshood v. ii. 55 He has o'erslip'd the Time, at which his Letters Of Speed request that I should also meet him.
1759 R. Brown Compl. Farmer 98 A little before Michaelmas, or, if you have overslipt that time, then about the end of February.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. vii. 446 I had overslipt the good occasion then in danger.
b. intransitive. To make a mistake or a slip; to act inadvertently.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] > through inadvertance
stumble1530
overslipc1576
c1576 T. Whythorne Autobiogr. (1961) 3 If by chaunce I do overslyp or speak to brode in any thing that I do wryte vnto yow now, I pray yow remember that in A long discoors, A man cannott alway speak in prynt.
1609 S. Rowlands Knave of Clubbes 28 But see how wise ingenious men, Do often ouerslip!
a1618 J. Sylvester Hymn of Alms in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1025 But, pardon, London; I have over-slipt: I must recant, lest I bee stript and whipt.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 30 The easines of erring, or overslipping in such a boundlesse and vast search.
c. transitive (reflexive). To catch oneself out; to betray oneself inadvertently; to incriminate oneself. rare.
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1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 148 Ouerslipping himselfe at vnawares in his words.
a1605 W. Haughton Grim Collier of Croyden (1662) iv. 57 Having fit occasion profer'd thee Of conference with beautious Honorea, Thou over-slipt it, and o're-slip'st thy self.
2.
a. intransitive. To pass by unnoticed, unremarked, or unused. Also of a period of time: to elapse, esp. so as to deny a person an opportunity to do something.In quot. 1580 in perfect tense formed with the verb to be.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > fail to take advantage > pass by unused
overslipa1470
to go by1508
the world > time > [verb (intransitive)]
overgoeOE
agoeOE
goOE
forthgoOE
runOE
overdrivea1275
farea1325
overmetea1325
walka1325
passc1330
slidec1374
yern1377
to pass overa1382
wastec1385
waive1390
to pass awaya1400
overseyc1400
drive?c1450
to drive ona1470
slevea1510
to roll awaya1522
to roll overa1522
to wear out, forth1525
flit1574
to pass on1574
to run on1578
overhie1582
wear1597
overslip1607
spend1607
travel1609
to go bya1616
elapsea1644
to come round1650
efflux1660
to roll round1684
lapse1702
roll1731
to roll around1769
to roll by1790
transpire1824
to come around1829
tide1835
elabe1837
tick1937
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 396 Therefore he lette hit overslyppe, for he that hath a prevy hurte is loth to have a shame outewarde.
1580 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 505 [They] desyret that ne langer tyme wer owerslippet.
1597 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 144/2 The negligence of the collectouris..in latting tyme ouerslip.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1002 Being very desirous not to let such an oportunitie to ouerslip.
1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 65 If (upon time overslipped) the election..shall be in the Maister and Fellowes of Emanuel Colledge.
b. transitive. To escape the notice of; to slip the memory of; to pass by (a person) without being noticed or taken advantage of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > escape the attention of
overpass1535
overslip1574
overscape1581
fly?1611
slip1653
to get away1811
miss1880
1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. ii. 77 I thinke it hathe but ouerslipped you, and that vpon better aduise you will reforme it.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L2v Which all this time hath ouerslipt her thought. View more context for this quotation
a1600 T. Deloney Gentle Craft (1627) i. v. 23 Make hast I say, let not swift time ouerslip you, for the Tyrant is hard by.
1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) viii. 82 I would not let any occasion ouerslip me.
1657 C. Hoole tr. M. Cordier School-colloquies iv. 394/1 I had rather write it my self; lest any thing should perhaps over-slip me.
3. transitive. To exceed; to overstep (a limit); to transgress through inadvertence.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds)
transcenda1340
exceedc1374
overwenda1375
overpassa1382
passc1390
to pass beyond ——1429
outreacha1568
overlash1581
pretergress1583
outrun1589
overslipa1592
surpass1592
to step over ——1599
outstep?1611
outstrip1612
overrun1612
outpass1635
pose1636
over-burst1856
overact1858
overstride1925
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > transgress (a moral limit) > inadvertently
overslipa1592
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Biii Least..My cholar ouer-slip the law of Armes.
a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. C She [sc. Nature] ouer-slipt her cunning and her skill, And aym'd to faire, but drew beyond the marke.
4.
a. transitive. To slip past secretly or covertly. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move past > covertly
overslipc1595
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > traverse stealthily [verb (transitive)] > move beyond
overslipc1595
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 19 It was thearefore concluded secretlie..that in the night they shoulde overslip them [the islands].
b. transitive. To go or travel past (a target or destination) through inadvertence or misdirection.
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society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > pass by
overpassa1382
balk1481
forpass1590
overslip1600
outstrip1632
depass1886
pass1894
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xxv. 848 Hiding himselfe therein, and letting the dogs by that meanes to ouerslip him, as not being able to finde the sent of him.
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 14 That is not my house, said [he]..you have over-slipt it a League.
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 26 And shortened saile, least before morning I might ouerslippe them.
5. intransitive. Perhaps: (of a horse) to stretch one's steps too far when trotting. rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > step badly or as if injured
overslip1706
to go tender1849
1706 London Gaz. No. 4212/4 When he trots out he overslips, and is shod short before for it.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent > omitted or overlooked
unminded1546
oblited1547
overseen1608
overslippedc1616
overlooked1674
ignored1848
oversighted1857
c1616 R. C. Certaine Poems Ad Lectorem in Times' Whistle (1871) 111 I had noe competencie of time..to correct any easily overslipped errour.
1628 in Stud. in Renaissance 8 (1961) 225 Overslipped customs upon baize and other woollen stuffs transported by merchant-strangers in foreign parts.
1866 J. P. Collier Bibliogr. & Crit. Acct. Rarest Bks. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) III. 330 And yet, in truth, it is written by an Englishman, as by Robin Good-fellow and Goodman Grose, and an overslipped title, and as otherwise I am able to prove.
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the world > time > [adjective] > passing or elapsing
overslippinga1522
rolling1656
by-running1674
shedding1816
elapsing1830
lapsing1841
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence
oversight1477
overslippinga1522
negligency1607
preterition1609
undersight1894
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. ix. 50 The lang declinand and ourslippand nycht Gan schape full fast to mak schort and ourdryve.
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. B.6 Many causes are wont to be..of ouerslyppynge of mannes offyce and dutie.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis Ded. sig. Aiijv Thee ouerslipping of yt were in effect thee chocking of thee poet his discourse.
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