outwatch

American

[out-woch] / ˌaʊtˈwɒtʃ /

verb (used with object)

to outdo or surpass in watching.
to watch, or maintain a vigil, until the end of.

The mourners had outwatched the night.

Etymology

Origin of outwatch

First recorded in 1620–30; out- + watch

Example Sentences

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All night her locks are wet with dew, Her eyes outwatch the moon.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

It seemed to be a trial between them, which could outwatch the other.

From John Caldigate by Trollope, Anthony

For her employ the day, outwatch the night!

From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney

The talking parliamentary bore can outwatch the Bear.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Edgeworth, Maria

‘Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen on some high, lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear.’

From Obiter Dicta Second Series by Birrell, Augustine

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