outwatch

American  

[out-woch] / ˌaʊtˈwɒtʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to outdo or surpass in watching.

2. to watch, or maintain a vigil, until the end of.

   The mourners had outwatched the night.

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Etymology

Origin of outwatch

First recorded in 1620–30; out- + watch

Example Sentences

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

They had become an organization, instinct with life, endued with energy and will, and forming a body which could outwatch Argus with his hundred eyes, and outwork Briareus with his hundred arms.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

As of old, when friends stayed with him he never wanted to go to bed, and they, too, listening to his learned, animated and piquant talk, were quite content to outwatch the Bear.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

His followers in-510- the barge or villa, his valet-de-chambre and butler, his lackeys who outwatch the night, get paid.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

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

From Mopsa the Fairy by Ingelow, Jean