outgive

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ give. Cognate with German ausgeben (“to output, spend, pay for”).

Verb

outgive (third-person singular simple present outgives, present participle outgiving, simple past outgave, past participle outgiven)

1. (transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
   • 1692, Charles Dryden, Juvenal's Seventh Satire:

     The bounteous play'r outgave the pinching lord

References

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

Anagrams

• give out