outreckon
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]outreckon (third-person singular simple present outreckons, present participle outreckoning, simple past and past participle outreckoned)
- (transitive) To surpass in reckoning or computation.
- 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:
- The Egyptian priests pretended an exact chronology for some myriads of years; and the Chaldeans and Assyrians far outreckon them.