outring

[out-ring] /ˌaʊtˈrɪŋ/

verb (used with object), outrang, outrung, outringing.

to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.

verb (used without object), outrang, outrung, outringing.

to ring out:

church bells outringing over the countryside.

Origin of outring

Middle English

1325-1375

1325-75; Middle English (intransitive); see out-, ring²

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Along the station platform each of the fiacre drivers seizes a large dinner-bell and tries to outring the others.

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