outsoar
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /aʊtˈsɔː(ɹ)/, (without the horse–hoarse merger) /aʊtˈsoə(ɹ)/
Verb
[edit]outsoar (third-person singular simple present outsoars, present participle outsoaring, simple past and past participle outsoared)
- (transitive) To soar beyond or above.
- 1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Second”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 83:
- [T]here's plenty hint / Your pinions have received of late a shock— / Out-soar them, cobswan of the silver flock!
References
[edit]- “outsoar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.