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outsum

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English

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Etymology

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From out- +‎ sum.

Verb

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outsum (third-person singular simple present outsums, present participle outsumming, simple past and past participle outsummed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To exceed in number or quantity.
    • 1852, George Henry Boker, The Podesta's Daughter, and Other Miscellaneous Poems, page 38:
      She kept her faith; though Odo came by day With missions from the castle that outsummed
      His several hairs, and were of less respect; []
    • 1937, William Plumer Jacobs, Thornwell Jacobs, Diary of William Plumer Jacobs, page 461:
      May thirtieth — I thank thee O Lord, in that thou hast made our support fund to outsum the preceding year by $2500. We received thru thy graciousness, $34,800.
  2. (transitive) To exceed in total; outweigh
    • 1851, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Stuart of Dunleath, page 127:
      No one else cared for him; but he had an instinct that her great love for him outsummed all he could hope from others.
    • 1985, Kay McMahon, Wild Rapture, page 65:
      Nicholas quickly snatched it from the boy and returned it to its place. "Its value outsums any amount you can imagine."

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