outwent
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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She sprang to greet him with an eagerness that outwent all shyness.
From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
The cutter Was as another Nature, dumb; outwent her, Motion and breath left out.
From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William
Lilly's Memoirs" we have the following account of him:— "Kelly outwent the Doctor—viz., about the elixir and philosopher's stone, which neither he nor his master attained by their own labour and industry.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
The worst of it for these girls was that their likeness to one another outwent that of ordinary twinship.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Yes, but all Was vainely labour'd in me; you outwent me, Nor could my wishes reach you; yet a little I did by imitation.
From The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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