outsoar

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English

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Etymology

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From out- +‎ soar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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outsoar (third-person singular simple present outsoars, present participle outsoaring, simple past and past participle outsoared)

  1. (transitive) To soar beyond or above.
    • 1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Second”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, page 83:
      [T]here's plenty hint / Your pinions have received of late a shock— / Out-soar them, cobswan of the silver flock!

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