- Leapt
- Leap Leap (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped} (l[=e]pt;
277), rarely {Leapt} (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump,
run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G.
laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa,
Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. {Elope}, {Lope},
{Lapwing}, {Loaf} to loiter.]
1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to
vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a
horse. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. [1913 Webster]
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
