Outlearn Out·learn" transitive verb 1. To excel or surpass in learing.

2. To learn out [ i. e. , completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of.

Naught, according to his mind,
He could outlearn .

Spenser.

Men and gods have not outlearned it [ love].

Emerson.

Outlet Out"let` noun The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

Receiving all, and having no outlet .

Fuller.

Outlet Out·let" transitive verb To let out; to emit. [ R.] Daniel.

Outlie Out·lie" transitive verb To exceed in lying. Bp. Hall.

Outlier Out"li`er noun 1. One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is. Bentley.

2. That which lies, or is, away from the main body.

3. (Geol.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.

Outlimb Out"limb` noun An extreme member or part of a thing; a limb. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Outline Out"line` noun 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.

Painters, by their outlines , colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.

Dryden.

2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.

But that larger grief . . .
Is given in outline and no more.

Tennyson.

Syn. -- Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch .

Outline Out"line` transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Outlined ; present participle & verbal noun Outlining .] 1. To draw the outline of.

2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.

Outlinear Out·lin"e·ar adjective Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline. Trench.

Outlive Out·live" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Outlived ; present participle & verbal noun Outliving .] To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.

They live too long who happiness outlive .

Dryden.

Outliver Out·liv"er noun One who outlives. [ R.]

Outlook Out·look" transitive verb 1. To face down; to outstare.

To outlook conquest, and to win renown.

Shak.

2. To inspect throughly; to select. [ Obsolete] Cotton.

Outlook Out"look` noun 1. The act of looking out; watch.

2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower. Lyon Playfair.

3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance.

Applause
Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms.

Young.

Outloose Out"loose` noun A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. [ Obsolete]

That "whereas" gives me an outloose .

Selden.

Outlope Out"lope noun An excursion. [ Obsolete] Florio.

Outluster, Outlustre Out·lus"ter, Out·lus"tre transitive verb To excel in brightness or luster. Shak.

Outlying Out"ly`ing adjective Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.

Outmaneuver, Outmanœuvre Out`ma·neu"ver, Out`ma·nœu"vre transitive verb To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral.

Outmantle Out·man"tle transitive verb To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress. [ R.]

And with poetic trappings grace thy prose,
Till it outmantle all the pride of verse.

Cowper.

Outmarch Out·march" transitive verb To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.

Outmeasure Out·meas"ure transitive verb To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T. Browne.

Outmost Out"most` adjective [ Middle English outemest , utmest , Anglo-Saxon ...temest , a superl. from ...te out. See Out , Utmost , and confer Outermost .] Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost.

Outmount Out·mount" transitive verb To mount above. [ R.]

Outname Out·name" transitive verb 1. To exceed in naming or describing. [ R.]

2. To exceed in name, fame, or degree. [ Obsolete]

And found out one to outname thy other faults.

Beau. & Fl.

Outness Out"ness noun 1. The state of being out or beyond; separateness.

2. (Metaph.) The state or quality of being distanguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing marerial quality; externality; objectivity.

The outness of the objects of sense.

Sir W. Hamiltom.

Outnoise Out·noise" transitive verb To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. [ R.] Fuller.

Outnumber Out·num"ber transitive verb To exceed in number.

Outpace Out·pace" transitive verb [ Confer Outpass .] To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [ R.] Lamb.

Outparamour Out·par"a·mour transitive verb To exceed in the number of mistresses. [ R.] Shak.

Outparish Out"par`ish noun A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town. Graunt.

Outpart Out"part` noun An outlying part. [ R.] Ayliffe.

Outpass Out·pass" transitive verb [ Confer Outpace .] To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.

Outpassion Out·pas"sion transitive verb To exceed in passion.

Outpeer Out·peer" transitive verb To excel. [ R.] Shak.

Outpension Out"pen`sion transitive verb To grant an outpension to.

Outpension Out"pen`sion noun A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution. -- Out"pen`sion*er , noun

Outplay Out·play" transitive verb To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.

Outpoise Out·poise" transitive verb To outweigh. Howell.

Outport Out"port` noun A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade. Macaulay.

Outpost Out"post` noun (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.

Outpour Out·pour" transitive verb To pour out. Milton.

Outpour Out"pour` noun A flowing out; a free discharge.

Outpower Out·pow"er transitive verb To excel in power; to overpover. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Outpray Out·pray" transitive verb To exceed or excel in prayer.

Outpreach Out·preach" transitive verb To surpass in preaching.

And for a villain's quick conversion
A pillory can outpreach a parson.

Trumbull.

Outprize Out·prize" transitive verb To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Output Out"put` noun 1. 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.

2. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the fæces. See Income .

» 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.

Outquench Out·quench" transitive verb To quench entirely; to extinguish. "The candlelight outquenched ." Spenser.

Outrage Out·rage" transitive verb [ Out + rage .] To rage in excess of. [ R.] Young.

Outrage Out"rage noun [ French outrage ; Old French outre , oltre , beyond (F. outre , Latin ultra ) + -age , as, in courage , voyage . See Ulterior .] 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.

He wrought great outrages , wasting all the country.

Spenser.

2. Excess; luxury. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront .

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