outcant

English

Etymology

out- +‎ cant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊtˈkænt/

Verb

outcant (third-person singular simple present outcants, present participle outcanting, simple past and past participle outcanted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To surpass in canting; to use more jargon than.
   • 1735, Alexander Pope, “The Second Satire of Dr. John Donne”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 47, lines 35–38:

     I paſs o'er all thoſe Confeſſors and Martyrs
     Who live like S—tt—n, or who die like Charters,
     Out-cant old Eſdras, or out-drink his Heir,
     Out-uſure Jews, or Iriſhmen out-ſwear; [...]

References

• “outcant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.