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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)


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Outrage Out"rage transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Outragen ; present participle & verbal noun Outraging .] [ French outrager . See Outrage , noun ]

1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
Atterbury.

This interview outrages all decency.
Broome.

2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

Outrage Out"rage transitive verb To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

Outrageous Out·ra"geous adjective [ Old French outrageus , French outrageux . See Outrage , noun ] Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; 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.

Syn. -- Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious; monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous.

-- Out*ra"geous*ly (out*rā"jŭs*lȳ) adverb -- Out*ra"geous*ness , noun

Outrance Ou`trance" (ō`träNs") noun [ French See OutrÆ .] The utmost or last extremity.

Outrank Out·rank" (out*rănk") transitive verb To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of.

Outray Out·ray" (-rā") transitive verb To outshine. [ R.] Skelton.

Outray Out·ray" intransitive verb To spread out in array. [ Obsolete]

And now they outray to your fleet.
Chapman.

Outraye Out·raye" intransitive verb See Outrage , intransitive verb [ Obsolete]

This warn I you, that ye not suddenly
Out of yourself for no woe should outraye .
Chaucer.

Outraze Out·raze" transitive verb To obliterate. [ Obsolete] Sandys.

Outré Ou`tré" adjective [ French, past participle of outrer to exaggerate, from Latin ultra beyond. See Outrage .] Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant; bizarre.

Outré Ou`tré" adjective [ French, p.p. of outer to exaggerate, from Latin ultra beyond. See Outrage .] Out of the common course or limits; extravagant; bizarre; as, an outré costume.

My first mental development had in it much of the uncommon -- even much of the outré .
E. A. Poe.

Outreach Out·reach" transitive verb To reach beyond.

Outreason Out·rea"son transitive verb To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than. South.

Outreckon Out·reck"on transitive verb To exceed in reckoning or computation. Bp. Pearson.

Outrecuidance Ou`tre·cui`dance" noun [ French, from outre beyond + cuider to think, Latin cogitare .] Excessive presumption. [ R.] B. Jonson.

Outrede Out·rede" transitive verb To surpass in giving rede, or counsel. [ Obsolete] See Atrede . Chaucer.

Outreign Out·reign" transitive verb To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. [ R.] Spenser.

Outride Out·ride" transitive verb To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. Shak.

Outride Out"ride` noun 1. A riding out; an excursion. [ R.]

2. A place for riding out. [ R.]

Outrider Out"rid`er noun 1. A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [ Obsolete]

2. One who rides out on horseback. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

3. A servant on horseback attending a carriage.

Outrigger Out"rig`ger noun 1. Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

2. (Nautical) (a) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat. (b) A boat thus equipped. (c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.

Outrigger Out"rig`ger noun (Aëronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.

Outright Out"right` adverb 1. Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright .

2. Completely; utterly. Cardinal Manning.

Outring Out·ring" transitive verb To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than.

Outrival Out·ri"val transitive verb To surpass in a rivalry.

Outrive Out·rive" transitive verb To river; to sever. [ Obsolete] Fairfax.

Outroad, Outrode Out"road`, Out"rode` noun An excursion. [ Obsolete] " Outrodes by the ways of Judea." Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).

Outroar Out·roar" transitive verb To exceed in roaring.

Outromance Out`ro·mance" transitive verb To exceed in romantic character. [ R.] Fuller.

Outroom Out"room` noun An outer room. [ R.] Fuller.

Outroot Out·root" transitive verb To eradicate; to extirpate.

Outrun Out·run" transitive verb [ imperfect Outran ; past participle Outrun ; present participle & verbal noun Outrunning .] To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.

Your zeal outruns my wishes.
Sir W. Scott.

The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher.
Jhon xx. 4.

Outrunner Out·run"ner noun An offshoot; a branch. [ R.] "Some outrunner of the river." Lauson.

Outrush Out·rush" intransitive verb To rush out; to issue, or ru... out, forcibly. Garth.

Outsail Out·sail" transitive verb To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than. Beau. & Fl.

Outscent Out·scent" transitive verb To exceed in odor. Fuller.

Outscold Out·scold" transitive verb To exceed in scolding. Shak.

Outscorn Out·scorn" transitive verb To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. Shak.

Outscouring Out"scour`ing noun That which is scoured out o... washed out. Buckland.

Outscout Out·scout" transitive verb To overpower by disdain; to outface. [ Obsolete] Marston.

Outsee Out·see" transitive verb To see beyond; to excel in cer...ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.

Outsell Out·sell" transitive verb 1. To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.

2. To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value. Fuller. Shak.

Outsentry Out"sen`try noun (Mil.) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.

Outset Out"set` noun A setting out, starting, or beginning. "The outset of a political journey." Burke.

Giving a proper direction to this outset of life.
J. Hawes.

Outsettler Out"set`tler noun One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.

Outshine Out·shine" intransitive verb To shine forth. "Bright, outshining beams." Shak.

Outshine Out·shine" transitive verb To excel in splendor.

A throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind.
Milton.

Outshoot Out·shoot" transitive verb To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon.

Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark.
Norris.

Outshut Out·shut" transitive verb To shut out. [ R.] Donne.

Outside Out"side` noun 1. The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exterior.

There may be great need of an outside where there is little or nothing within.
South.

Created beings see nothing but our outside .
Addison.

2. The part or space which lies without an inclosure; the outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary.

I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside .
Spectator.

3. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.; the utmost; as, it may last a week at the outside .

4. One who, or that which, is without; hence, an outside passenger, as distinguished from one who is inside . See Inside , noun 3. [ Colloq. Eng.]

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