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Outface (outfās), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outfaced (outfāst); p. pr. & vb. n. Outfacing (outfāsĭng).] To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. Shak.
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Having outfaced all the world. South.
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Outfall (?), n. 1. The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.
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2. A quarrel; a falling out. [Prov. Eng.]
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outfangthef (?), n. [AS. ūt-fangen-þeóf. See , , v. t., and .] (Anglo-Saxon & O. Eng. Law) (a) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty. (b) The privilege of trying such a thief. Burrill.
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Outfawn (?), v. t. To exceed in fawning.
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Outfeast (?), v. t. To exceed in feasting.
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Outfeat (?), v. t. To surpass in feats.
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Outfield (?), n. 1. Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See , 1. [Scot.]
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2. A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively.
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The great outfield of thought or fact. Trench.
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3. (Baseball) The part of the baseball field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders, and usually considered as divided into left field, center field, and right field, named as viewed from home plate.
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4. (Cricket) The part of the field farthest from the batsman.
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outfielder n. 1. (baseball or softball) A person who plays in the outfield.
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2. (Cricket) A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield.
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outfight v. t. 1. to exceed in fighting; fight more competently; as, He outfought his challengers; the boxer outfought his opponent for eight rounds but lost the bout in the ninth on a knockout.
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2. to defeat in a battle; as, The French forces outfought the Germans.
Syn. -- get the better of.
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Outfit (?), n. 1. A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.
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2. Hence: Any assemblage of objects required for or used in performing a task; things required as equipment for a task.
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3. A complete ensemble of clothing, selected to form a matching set; a coordinated costume; as, a new Easter outfit.
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4. A business enterprise; as, what outfit do you work for?. [informal]
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5. Any team or party of people.
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outfitted adj. 1. furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation; as, a well-outfitted expedition to the South Pole.
Syn. -- fitted out.
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2. Equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories; as, children properly outfitted for school.
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Outfitter (?), n. One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.
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outfitting n. the act of renovating and fitting out a ship.
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Outflank (?), v. t. 1. (Mil.) To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.
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2. Hence: To outmaneuver in a competition; to bypass a competitor's main defenses.
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Outflatter (?), v. t. To exceed in flattering.
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Outfling, n. A gibe; a contemptuous remark.
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Outflow (?), n. A flowing out; efflux.
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Outflow (?), v. i. To flow out. Campbell.
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Outfly (?), v. t. [imp. Outflew (?); p. p. Outflown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outflying.] To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. Shak.
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Winged with fear outflies the wind. Waller.
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Outfool, v. t. To exceed in folly. [R.] Young.
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Outfoot (?), v. t. To outrun or outwalk; hence, of a vessel, to outsail. [Colloq.]
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Outform (?), n. External appearance. [Obs.]
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outfox (outfŏks) v. t. [out + fox; from the supposed cleverness of a fox in stalking prey.] To defeat or gain an advantage over (an antagonist) by clever stratagems; to outwit; to outmaneuver; to outsmart.
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Outfrown (?), v. t. To frown down; to overbear by frowning. Shak.
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Outgate (?), n. An outlet. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Outgaze (?), v. t. To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.
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Outgeneral (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outgeneraled (?) or Outgeneralled; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgeneraling or Outgeneralling.] To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield.
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Outgive (?), v. t. To surpass in giving. Dryden.
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Outgo (?), v. t. [imp. Outwent (?); p. p. Outgone (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outgoing.]
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1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.
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2. To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.] Denham.
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Outgo (?), n.; pl. Outgoes (�). That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income; as, when one's outgo exceeds one's income, distress follows quickly. Lowell.
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Outgoer (?), n. One who goes out or departs.
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Outgoing, n. 1. The act or the state of going out.
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The outgoings of the morning and evening. Ps. lxv. 8.
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2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay.
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3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [Obs.]
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The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. Josh. xviii. 19.
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outgoing, a. 1. Going out; departing; leaving; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.
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2. Being sent out; as, outgoing mail; outgoing packages.
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3. Enjoying the company of others; pleasant and responsive to others; sociable; friendly; convivial; cordial; -- of people; as, an outgoing personality. Opposite of reserved or cold.
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Outground (?), n. Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.
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Outgrow (?), v. t. [imp. Outgrew (?); p. p. Outgrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outgrowing.]
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1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. Shak.
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2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.
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Outgrowth (?), n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
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Outguard (?), n. (Mil.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
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Outgush (?), n. A pouring out; an outburst.
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A passionate outgush of emotion. Thackeray.
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Outgush (outgŭsh), v. i. To gush out; to flow forth.
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Outhaul (outh�l), n. (Naut.) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul.
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Outhees (outhēs), n. [Cf. LL. uthesium, hutesium, huesium, OF. hueis, and E. hue, in hue and cry.] Outcry; alarm. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Outher (?), conj. Other. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Out-Herod (?), v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare . “It out-Herods Herod.” Shak.
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Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott.
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Outhire (?), v. t. To hire out. [Obs.] Spenser.
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outhouse (?), n. 1. A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.
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2. Especially: A small building with one or more seats and a pit underneath, intended for use as a toilet; a privy.
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Outing, n. 1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing.
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2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Outjest (?), v. t. To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting. [R.] Shak.
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Outjet (?), n. That which jets out or projects from anything. [R.] H. Miller.
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Outjuggle (?), v. t. To surpass in juggling.
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Outkeeper (?), n. (Surv.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
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Outknave (?), v. t. To surpass in knavery.
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Outlabor (?), v. t. To surpass in laboring.
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Outland (?), a. [Out + land. See .] 1. Foreign; outlandish. [Obs.] Strutt.
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2. Outlying; remote from large cities.
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outland (?), n. The regions of a country or territory remote from the main cities; the outlying provinces.
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Outlander (?), n. A foreigner. Wood.
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Outlandish (?), a. [AS. ūtlendisc foreign. See , , and .] 1. Foreign; not native. [archaic]
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Him did outlandish women cause to sin. Neh. xiii. 26.
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Its barley water and its outlandish wines. G. W. Cable.
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2. Hence: Deviating conspicuously from common practice; strange; freakish; bizarre; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech; -- usually used in a negative sense.
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Something outlandish, unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion. Hawthorne.
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--Outlandishly, adv.
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outlandishness n. The quality of being strikingly out of the ordinary; the quality of being outlandish{2}.
Syn. -- bizarreness, weirdness.
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Outlast (?), v. t. To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than. Milton.
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Outlaugh (?), v. t. 1. To surpass or outdo in laughing. Dryden.
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2. To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down. [R.]
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His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. Franklin.
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Outlaw (outl�), n. [AS. ūtlaga, ūtlah. See , and .] 1. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.
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2. A person engaging habitually in criminal activity, especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
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Outlaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outlawing.] [AS. �tlagian.]
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1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw. Blackstone.
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2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. “Laws outlawed by necessity.” Fuller.
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3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty.
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outlawed adj. 1. contrary to or forbidden by law; banned; illicit; as, a member of an outlawed political party.
Syn. -- illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(prenominal), unlawful.
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Outlawry (?), n.; pl. Outlawries (�). 1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.
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2. The state of being an outlaw.
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3. Defiance of the law; habitual criminality.
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Outlay (?), v. t. To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] Drayton.
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Outlay (?), n. 1. A laying out or expending.
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2. That which is expended; expenditure.
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3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Outleap (?), v. t. To surpass in leaping.
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Outleap (?), n. A sally. [R.] Locke.
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Outlearn (?), v. t. 1. To excel or surpass in learing.
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2. To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of.
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Naught, according to his mind,
He could outlearn. Spenser.
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Men and gods have not outlearned it [love]. Emerson.
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Outlet (?), n. The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
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Receiving all, and having no outlet. Fuller.
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Outlet (?), v. t. To let out; to emit. [R.] Daniel.
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Outlie (?), v. t. To exceed in lying. Bp. Hall.
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Outlier (?), n. 1. One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is. Bentley.
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2. That which lies, or is, away from the main body.
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3. (Geol.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.
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4. (Statistics) A datum that lies significantly beyond the main cluster of data points on a graph or diagram; -- suggestive of an error in measurement.
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Outlimb (?), n. An extreme member or part of a thing; a limb. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Outline (?), n. 1. (a) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour. (b) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated. (c) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
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Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures. Dryden.
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2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, discourse, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
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But that larger grief . . .
Is given in outline and no more. Tennyson.
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Syn. -- Sketch; draught; delineation. See .
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Outline, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outlining.] 1. To draw the outline of.
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2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse, course of thought), for which the details need to be added; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
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Outlinear (?), a. Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline. Trench.
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Outlive (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outliving.] To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.
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They live too long who happiness outlive. Dryden.
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Outliver (?), n. One who outlives. [R.]
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Outlook (?), v. t. 1. To face down; to outstare.
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To outlook conquest, and to win renown. Shak.
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2. To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] Cotton.
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Outlook, n. 1. The act of looking out; watch.
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2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower. Lyon Playfair.
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3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; sight; appearance.
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Applause
Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms. Young.
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4. The likely outcome, such as is indicated by the present situation; prospects; prognosis; as, the outlook is grim.
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5. The point of view or attitude of a person; as, one's outlook on life is affected by illness.
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Outloose (?), n. A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. [Obs.]
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That “whereas” gives me an outloose. Selden.
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Outlope (?), n. An excursion. [Obs.] Florio.
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{ Outluster, Outlustre } (?), v. t. To excel in brightness or luster. Shak.
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Outlying (?), a. Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.
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{ Outmaneuver, Outmanœuvre } (?), v. t. To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outwit or frustrate by clever stratagems; to outgeneral.
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Outmantle (?), v. t. To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress. [R.]
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And with poetic trappings grace thy prose,
Till it outmantle all the pride of verse. Cowper.
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Outmarch (?), v. t. To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.
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Outmeasure (?), v. t. To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T. Browne.
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out-migration n. migration out of country or territory; emigration.
Syn. -- emigration.
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outmoded adj. 1. same as , a., 3.
Syn. -- antique, demode, old-fashioned{3}, old-hat(predicate), out-of-date, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.
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2. Unacceptable because it is inferior to current standards, procedures, or technology.
Syn. -- obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, superannuated, old-fashioned{2}.
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Outmost (?), a. [OE. outemest, utmest, AS. ūtemest, a superl. fr. ūte out. See , , and cf. .] Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost.
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Outmount (?), v. t. To mount above. [R.]
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Outname (?), v. t. 1. To exceed in naming or describing. [R.]
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2. To exceed in name, fame, or degree. [Obs.]
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And found out one to outname thy other faults. Beau. & Fl.
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Outness (?), n. 1. The state of being out or beyond; separateness.
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2. (Metaph.) The state or quality of being distinguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing material quality; externality; objectivity.
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The outness of the objects of sense. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Outnoise (?), v. t. To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. [R.] Fuller.
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Outnumber (?), v. t. To exceed in number; as, the garrison was badly outnumbered by the attacking forces.
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out-of-bounds adj. 1. (Sports) outside the delimited playing field. [Narrower terms: foul (vs. fair) ] WordNet 1.5]

2. barred to a designated group. [predicate]
Syn. -- off-limits.
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3. Beyond the limits of the expected standard of taste or propriety; as, an out-of-bounds remark.
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out-of-breath adj. breathing laboriously or convulsively. [predicate]
Syn. -- gasping, panting, pursy, short-winded, winded.
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out-of-date adj. 1. same as , a., 2.
Syn. -- antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.
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2. Unacceptable because it is inferior to current standards, procedures, or technology; outmoded{2}; noncurrent. current
Syn. -- obsolete, outmoded{2}, superannuated.
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3. no longer valid.
Syn. -- back(prenominal), outdated.
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out-of-door adj. 1. located, . indoor
Syn. -- outdoor(prenominal) (vs. indoor), outside.
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Out-of-door, (?), a. Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; suited for the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under , adv.
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Amongst out-of-door delights. G. Eliot.
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out-of-doors n. Any location outside of any building, where the air is unconfined; the open air.
Syn. -- outdoors, air, open air, open.
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out-of-school adj. not attending school and therefore free to work; as, opportunities for out-of-school youth.
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out-of-sight adj. very good; same as , sense 1. [informal, 1960's]
Syn. -- bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, far-out, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(predicate), outtasight, peachy, psychedelic, slap-up, swell, smashing.
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out-of-the-ordinary adj. unusual or striking.
Syn. -- remarkable, singular, some.
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Out-of-the-way, a. 1. See under , adv.
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2. Not on a main transportation route; inconveniently located.
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out-of-town adj. happening in or being of another town or city; as, an out-of-town tryout.
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Outpace (?), v. t. [Cf. .] 1. To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. Lamb.
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2. To exceed in development or performance; to outdo.
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Outparamour (?), v. t. To exceed in the number of mistresses. [R.] Shak.
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Outparish (?), n. A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town. Graunt.
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Outpart (?), n. An outlying part. [R.] Ayliffe.
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Outpass (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.
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Outpassion (?), v. t. To exceed in passion.
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Out-patient (?), n. 1. A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.
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2. A medical patient who receives treatment at a hospital, especially in an emergency room, but is not admitted to stay overnight. Distinguished from inpatient, who is assigned to a room to reside there while being treated.
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Outpeer (?), v. t. To excel. [R.] Shak.
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Outpension (?), v. t. To grant an outpension to.
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Outpension, n. A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution. -- Outpensioner, n.
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Outplay (?), v. t. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.
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Outpoise (?), v. t. To outweigh. Howell.
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outpope the Pope (?), v. i. To try to act as a more authentic member of a group than one who is a genuine member of the group; -- not necessarily in reference to religious matters; compare to be more Catholic than the Pope. [Colloq.]
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Outport (?), n. A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade. Macaulay.
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Outpost (?), n. (Mil.) (a) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy. (b) The troops placed at such a station.
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Outpour (?), v. t. To pour out. Milton.
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outpour, n. 1. A flowing out; a free discharge.
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2. An effusion (of sentiment or emotion; outpouring.
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outpouring, n. An unrestrained expression (of emotion, feeling); as, an outpouring of grief over the death of Princess Diana.
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outpower (?), v. t. To excel in power; to overpover. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Outpray (?), v. t. To exceed or excel in prayer.
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Outpreach (?), v. t. To surpass in preaching.
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And for a villain's quick conversion
A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
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Outprize (?), v. t. To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [Obs.] Shak.
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Output (?), n. 1. The amount or quantity of a material or product that is produced by a mine, factory, or any system for production of commercial goods, such as the amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time; production.
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2. The materials, profits, or information produced by any system.
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3. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the fæces. See .
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☞ The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. (c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. Foster.
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4. The power, voltage, or current produced by a device to generate or regulate electrical power; as, the power supply had a maximum output of 250 milliamps.
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5. (Computers) The data or information produced by operation of a computer program or subroutine for transfer to another program or to an external device. The output of one program may be used as the input to another program.
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Outquench (?), v. t. To quench entirely; to extinguish. “The candlelight outquenched.” Spenser.
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Outrage (?), v. t. [Out + rage.] To rage in excess of. [R.] Young.
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Outrage (?), n. [F. outrage; OF. outre, oltre, beyond (F. outre, L. ultra) + -age, as, in courage, voyage. See .] 1. Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. Chaucer.
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He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country. Spenser.
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2. Excess; luxury. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Syn. -- Affront; insult; abuse. See .
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Outrage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outragen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outraging (?).] [F. outrager. See , n.]
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1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
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Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return. Atterbury.
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This interview outrages all decency. Broome.
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2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).
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3. To cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag outraged the small conservative town.
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Outrage, v. i. To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
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outraged adj. deeply angered at something unjust or wrong; incensed; as, a look of outraged disbelief.
Syn. -- indignant, incensed, umbrageous.
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Outrageous (outrājŭs), a. [OF. outrageus, F. outrageux. See , n.] Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; such as to cause outrage; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. “Outrageous weeping.” Chaucer. “The most outrageous villainies.” Sir P. Sidney. “The vile, outrageous crimes.” Shak. “Outrageous panegyric.” Dryden.
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