1. overlook - Noun
2. overlook - Verb
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.
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.
To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLet us not overlook so great a gain. John Chrysostom
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. Edmund Burke
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them. Horace Mann
Don't notice the tiny flea in the other person's hair and overlook the lumbering yak on your own nose. Tibetan Proverb
God postpones, he does not overlook. Turkish Proverb