Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Overlook

Overlook , transitive verb

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.
The pile o'erlooked the town. — Dryden
[Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them. — Shakespeare
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.
Overlook this pedigree. — Shakespeare
The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well. — Roscommon
4.
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Shakespeare
If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die. — C. Kingsley
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. — Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. )
They overlook truth in the judgments they pass. — Atterbury
The pardoning and overlooking of faults. — Addison