outwent
Americanverb
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But the ardor of his mind was such that he outwent his authors.
From 1492 by Mary Johnston
No lawyer in New England had laid down such southern "Principles" for foundation of law; he outwent Mr. Sprague.
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker
“Oh, methought this sin was bigger than the sins of a country, of a kingdom, or of the whole world; not all of them together was able to equal mine; mine outwent them every one.”
From The Life of John Bunyan by Edmund Venables
The cutter Was as another Nature, dumb; outwent her, Motion and breath left out.
From Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Indeed, we cannot say that at all points Shakspere outwent his guide.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
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