overglance

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ glance.

Verb

overglance (third-person singular simple present overglances, present participle overglancing, simple past and past participle overglanced)

1. (poetic, transitive) To glance over.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     with a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles

References

• “overglance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• glance over