Outstand
(Out*stand"), v. t.

1. To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding. [R.] Woodward.

2. To stay beyond. "I have outstood my time." Shak.

Outstanding
(Out*stand"ing), a. That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected.
A. Hamilton.

Outstare
(Out*stare") v. t. To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
Shak.

Outstart
(Out*start") v. i. To start out or up. Chaucer.

Outstay
(Out*stay") v. t. To stay beyond or longer than.

She concluded to outstay him.
Mad. D' Arblay.

Outstep
(Out*step") v. t. To exceed in stepping.

Outstorm
(Out*storm") v. t. To exceed in storming.

Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies.
J. Barlow.

Outstreet
(Out"street`) n. A street remote from the center of a town. Johnson.

Outstretch
(Out*stretch") v. t. To stretch out. Milton.

Outstride
(Out*stride") v. t. To surpass in striding.

Outstrike
(Out*strike") v. t. To strike out; to strike faster than. Shak.

Outstrip
(Out*strip") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outstripped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outstripping.] To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours.
Southey.

He still outstript me in the race.
Tennyson.

Outsuffer
(Out*suf"fer) v. t. To exceed in suffering.

Outswear
(Out*swear") v. t. To exceed in swearing.

Outsweeten
(Out*sweet"en) v. t. To surpass in sweetness. [R.] Shak.

Outswell
(Out*swell") v. t.

1. To exceed in swelling.

2. To swell beyond; to overflow. [Obs.] Hewyt.

Outtake
(Out*take") prep. Except. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

Outtaken
(Out*tak"en) p. p. or prep. Excepted; save. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.


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