outsweeten

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ sweeten.

Verb

outsweeten (third-person singular simple present outsweetens, present participle outsweetening, simple past and past participle outsweetened)

1. (transitive) To surpass in sweetness.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander,
     Outsweeten'd not thy breath

References

• “outsweeten”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.