outswell

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ swell.

Verb

outswell (third-person singular simple present outswells, present participle outswelling, simple past outswelled, past participle outswelled or outswollen)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To exceed in swelling.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To swell beyond; to overflow.
   • 1610, John Mason, The Turke:

     a rocke
     Whose eminence outswelles the raging flood

   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

     Blow, villain, till thy sphered bias-cheek
     Outswell the colic of puff'd Aquilon

References

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

Anagrams

• outwells