outstrain

English

Etymology

out- +‎ strain

Verb

outstrain (third-person singular simple present outstrains, present participle outstraining, simple past and past participle outstrained)

1. (transitive) To outdo by straining.
   • 1891, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine:

     The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.

2. (transitive, poetic) To strain or filter outward.
   • c. 1887, George MacDonald, A Song For Christmas:

     Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining,
     Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!

Anagrams

• outtrains