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O — Outact to Outgoing (Part 1 of 6)

Outact
(Out*act") v. t. To do or beyond; to exceed in acting. [R.]

He has made me heir to treasures
Would make me outact a real window's whining.
Otway.

Outagamies
(Ou"ta*gam`ies) n. pl.; sing. Outagamie (Ethnol.) See lst Fox, 7.

Outargue
(Out*ar"gue) v. t. To surpass or conquer in argument.

Outbabble
(Out*bab"ble) v. t. To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling. [R.] Milton.

Outbalance
(Out*bal"ance) v. t. To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.

Let dull Ajax bear away my right
When all his days outbalance this one night.
Dryden.

Outbar
(Out*bar") v. t. To bar out. [R.] Spenser.

Outbeg
(Out*beg") v. t. To surpass in begging. [R.]

Outbid
(Out*bid") v. t. [imp. Outbid or Outbade ; p. p. Outbid or Outbidden ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outbidding.] To exceed or surpass in bidding.

Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold.
Pope.

Outbidder
(Out*bid"der) n. One who outbids. Johnson.

Outbleat
(Out*bleat") v. t. To surpass in bleating.

Outblown
(Out"blown`) a. Inflated with wind. Dryden.

Outblush
(Out*blush") v. t. To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color. T. Shipman.

Outboard
(Out"board`) a. & adv. (Naut.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; β€” opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.

Outborn
(Out"born`) a. Foreign; not native. [R.]

Outbound
(Out"bound`) a. Outward bound. Dryden.

Outbounds
(Out"bounds`) n. pl. The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries. Spenser.

Outbow
(Out*bow") v. t. To excel in bowing. Young.

Outbowed
(Out"bowed`) a. Convex; curved outward. "The convex or outbowed side of a vessel." Bp. Hall.

Outbrag
(Out*brag") v. t. To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior.

Whose bare outbragg'd the web it seemed to wear.
Shak.

Outbrave
(Out*brave") v. t.

1. To excel in bravery o in insolence; to defy with superior courage or audacity

2. To excel in magnificence or comeliness.

The basest weed outbraves his dignity.
Shak.