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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Out'ness, n.p. 927The state of being out or beyond; separateness. 2. Specifically, distinguishableness from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing material quality; existence in space, or with spatial…
  2. Out-noise', v. t.p. 927To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. Fuller.
  3. Out-năm'ber, v. t.p. 927To exceed in number.
  4. Out'-of-dōor', a.p. 927Being out of the house; in the open air; out-door; extraforaneous; as, out-of-door exercise.
  5. Out'-of-dōors', adv.p. 928Out of the house; out-doors.
  6. Out'-of-the-wāy', a.p. 928Different from the ordinary way or fashion; uncommon; unusual; singular. [Colloq.]
  7. Out-pāce', v. t.p. 928To outgo; to leave behind. [Obs.]
  8. Out-pār'a-mour, v. t.p. 928To exceed in keeping mistresses. Shak.
  9. Out'-pār'ish, n.p. 928A parish lying without the walls, or on the border. Graunt.
  10. Out'pārt, n.p. 928A part remote from the center or main part. The outparts were graciously spared, to be a refuge to them who were chased away by the fire. Withers.
  11. Out-pāss', v. t.p. 928To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.
  12. Out'-pā'tient, n.p. 928A patient who receives medical aid from a hospital, but does not lodge within its walls.
  13. Out-peer', v. t.p. 928To surpass or excel. Shak.
  14. Out'-pēn'sion-er, n.p. 928A pensioner attached to a hospital, as Greenwich or Chelsea, who has liberty to live where he pleases. [Eng.] Simmonds.
  15. Out-poise', v. t.p. 928To outweigh. Howell.
  16. Out'pōrch, n.p. 928An entrance. Milton.
  17. Out'pōrt, n.p. 928A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade; a port away from the main custom-house. Simmonds.
  18. Out'pōst, n.p. 928(Mil.) (a.) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army. (b.) The troops placed at such a station.
  19. Out-pōur', v. t.p. 928To pour out; to send forth in a stream; to effuse. Milton.
  20. Out-pow'er, v. t.p. 928To excel in power; to overpower. [Obs.] “One who outpowered all the rest.” Fuller.
  21. Out-prāy', v. t.p. 928To exceed in prayer or in earnestness of entreaty. Scott.
  22. Out-prēach', v. t.p. 928To surpass in preaching; to produce more effect in inculcating lessons or truth. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. J. Trumbull.
  23. Out-prize', v. t.p. 928To exceed in value or estimated worth. [Obs.] Shak.
  24. Out-quĕnch’, v. t.p. 928To put out; to extinguish. “The candle-light outquenched.” Spenser.
  25. Out'rage, v. t.p. 928To rage beyond or more than; to exceed in rage. [Rare.] Young. 2. To treat with violence and wrong; to abuse by rude or insolent language; to injure by rough, rude treatment of any kind. Base and…
  26. Out'rage, v. i.p. 928To commit an outrage. Ascham.
  27. Out'rāge, n.p. 928Injurious violence offered to persons or things; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country where he went. Spenser. Syn.—Affront; insult…
  28. Out-rā'geŏus, a.p. 928Involving or performing an outrage; exceeding the limits of reason or of decency; furious; violent; enormous; excessive. “The most outrageous villainies that a base multitude can imagine.” Sidney.…
  29. Out-rā'geous-ly, adv.p. 928In an outrageous manner; furiously; excessively.
  30. Out-rā'geous-ness, n.p. 928The quality of being outrageous; fury; violence; enormity.
  31. Outrance, n.p. 928The utmost extremity. Combat à l'outrance, a desperate fight, often a duel, in which it is understood that one of the combatants must be killed before the combat ceases. Prescott.
  32. Out-rānk', v. t.p. 928To take the precedence of, or be superior to, in rank; to rank.
  33. Out-rā'oŭs, a.p. 928Outrageous. [Obs.] Berners.
  34. Out-rāy', v. t.p. 928To surpass; to excel. [Obs.]
  35. Out-rāy', v. i.p. 928To spread out in array. [Obs.] “And now they outray to your fleet.” Chapman.
  36. Out-rāze', v. t.p. 928To raze to extermination. Sandys.
  37. Outré, a.p. 928Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant.
  38. Out-rēach', v. t.p. 928To reach or extend beyond.
  39. Out-rēa'son, v. t.p. 928To excel or surpass in reasoning. South.
  40. Out-rĕck'on, v. t.p. 928To exceed in reckoning or computation. Pearson.
  41. Outrecuidance, n.p. 928Excessive presumption. [Rare.] It is strange outrecuidance! Your humor too much redoundeth. B. Jonson.
  42. Out-rēde', v. t.p. 928To surpass in giving rede, or counsel; to advise better than. [Obs.] In elde is both wisdom and usage; Men may the old outrun, but not outrede. Chaucer.
  43. Out-reign', v. t.p. 928To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of. Spenser.
  44. Out-ride', v. t.p. 928To pass by riding; to ride faster than.
  45. Out-rīde′, v. i.p. 928To travel about on horseback, or in a vehicle. Addison.
  46. Out′ride, n.p. 928A riding out; an excursion; also, a place for riding out. Somerville.
  47. Out'rid-er, n.p. 928A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [Obs.] 2. One who travels about on horseback. 3. A servant on horseback who attends a carriage.
  48. Out′rig-ger, n.p. 928(Naut.) Any projecting spar or piece of timber for extending ropes or sails, or for other temporary purposes.
  49. Out′right, adv.p. 928Immediately; without delay; at once; instantly. 2. Completely; utterly.
  50. Out-ring', v. t.p. 928To ring louder than; to surpass or drown by the noise of ringing, as of bells.
  51. Out-rī'val, v. t.p. 928To surpass in excellence. Addison.
  52. Out-rive′, v. t.p. 928To rive; to sever; to tear apart with force. [Obs.] Fairfax.
  53. Out'rōad, n.p. 928An outride; an excursion. [Obs.] “Outrodes by the way of Judea.” Macc. xv. 41, Geneva Bible.
  54. Out-rōar', v. t.p. 928To exceed in roaring. Shak.
  55. Out-ro-mănçe', v. t.p. 928To exceed in romantic character. Their real sufferings outromanced the fictions of many errant adventurers. Fuller.
  56. Out'-rōom, n.p. 928An outer room.
  57. Out-rōot’, v. t.p. 928To eradicate; to extirpate.
  58. Out-rŭn', v. t.p. 928To exceed in running; to leave behind in running. Dryden. 2. Hence, to exceed in degree, quality, &c.; to surpass. Your zeal outruns my wishes. W. Scott.
  59. Out-rŭsh', v. t.p. 928To rush out; to issue, or run out, forcibly. “Forthwith outrushed a gust.” Garth.
  60. Out-sāil’, v. t.p. 928To sail faster than; to leave behind in sailing. Broome.