Etymology
Origin of outwatch
Example Sentences
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‘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 Augustine Birrell
It seemed to be a trial between them, which could outwatch the other.
From John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope
See Delia there outwatch the midnight hour, Sitting, white-stoled, until the dawn of day!
From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Theodore C. Williams
Britta smiled—it was evident she meant to outwatch the stars, if necessary, rather than allow her mistress to be unattended on her return.
From Thelma by Marie Corelli
For her employ the day, outwatch the night!
From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by William Sidney Walker
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