outshow

English

Etymology

From Middle English outschewen, equivalent to out- +‎ show. Compare German ausschauen (“to look, appear; to look out”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈʃəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈʃoʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb

outshow (third-person singular simple present outshows, present participle outshowing, simple past outshowed, past participle outshown)

(transitive, archaic) To show or present publicly; exhibit openly.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
  And yet the king did all their lookes outshow.
  The spelling has been modernized.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Aegloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
  He blushed to see another Sun below, / Ne durst again his fiery face outshow.
(transitive) To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry.
- 1873, Cultivator and country gentleman: Volume 38:
  Mazurka 13th, now owned by Mr. Streator, at ten years old Is dam of eight living calves at single births, and we don't know a cow of her age that can outshow her.
- 1902, William George Bruce, William Conrad Bruce, National School Boards Association, The American school board journal: Volumes 24-25:
  Surely it is not vainglory nor a desire simply to outshow other nations which lead to the enormous expenditures involved in every international exposition.

Noun

outshow (uncountable)

That which is shown openly, evinced, or revealed.
- 1871, The American quarterly church review, volume 22:
  We deal only with the facts, the outshow of the theory to which we object.

Anagrams

show out, show-out