outmeasure

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ measure.

Verb

outmeasure (third-person singular simple present outmeasures, present participle outmeasuring, simple past and past participle outmeasured)

1. (transitive) To exceed in quantity or extent.
   • 1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, “The Halt on the Turnpike-road”, in The Return of the Native […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC, book I (The Three Women), page 73:

     Down, downward they went, and yet further down—their descent at each step seeming to outmeasure their advance.

Anagrams

• measure out