OUGHT. [See Aught, the true orthography.]

OUGHT, v. imperfect, aut.

1. To be held or bound in duty or moral obligation.

These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matthew 23:23.

We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. Romans 15:1.

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers. Matthew 25:27.

2. To be necessary; to behoove.

OUGHT not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into glory? Luke 24:26.

3. To be fit or expedient in a moral view.

My brethren, these things ought not so to be. James 3:10.

4. As a participle, owed; been indebted to.

The love and duty I long have ought you.

That followed, sir, which to myself I ought

[In this sense, obsolete.]

5. In Chaucer's time, it was used impersonally. 'Wel ought us werke, ' that is, well it behooveth us to work.

OUNCE, noun ouns. [Latin uncia, the twelfth part of any thing; Gr; but the Greek is from Latin. Inch is from the same root, being the twelfth part of a foot.]

1. A weight, the twelfth part of a pound troy, and the sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois. In troy weight, the ounce is 20 pennyweights, each of 24 grains.

2. An animal of the genus Felis. [See Once.]

OUND'ED,

OUND'ING, adjective Waving. [Latin unda. Not used.]

OUND'ING, a. Waving. [L. unda. Not used.]

OUPHE, noun oof'y. A fairy; a goblin; an elf. obsolete

OUPHEN, noun oof'en. Elfish. obsolete

OUR, adjective

1. Pertaining or belonging to us; as our country; our rights; our troops.

2. Ours, which is primarily the possessive case of our is never used as an adjective, but as a substitute for the adjective and the noun to which it belongs. Your house is on a plain; ours is on a hill. This is good English, but certainly ours must be the nominative to is, or it has none.

Their organs are better disposed than ours for receiving grateful impressions from sensible objects.

Here ours stands in the place of our organs, and cannot, in conformity with any rule of construction, be in the possessive case.

The same thing was done by them in suing in their courts, which is now done by us in suing in ours.

OURANOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. heaven, and to describe.] A description of the heavens.

OURSELF', pronoun reciprocal. [our and self.] This is added after we and us, and sometimes is used without either for myself, in the regal style only, as, we ourself will follow.

- Unless we would denude ourself of all force to defend us.

OURSELVES, plural of ourself. We or us, not others; added to we, by way of emphasis or opposition.

We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal farther than we usually do.

Safe in ourselves while on ourselves we stand.

OUSE, noun ooz. [from ooze.] Tanner's bark.

OUSEL, noun oo'zl. The blackbird, a species of the genus Turdus.

OUST, verb transitive [I take this to be our vulgar oost, used in the sense of lift. The usual signification then will be that of the Latin tollo, sustuli.]

1. To take away; to remove.

Multiplications of actions upon the case were rare formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted.

2. To eject; to disseize.

Afterward the lessor, reversioner or remainder-man or any stranger doth eject or oust the lessee of his term.

OUST, noun [Latin ustus.] A kiln to dry hops or malt.

OUST'ED, participle passive Taken away; removed; ejected.

OUST'ER, noun Amotion of possession; disseizin; dispossession; ejection.

Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance or deforcement.

A delivery of lands out of the bands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands; or a judgment given for that purpose.

OUST'ING, participle present tense Taking away; removing; ejecting.

OUT, adverb

1. Without; on the outside; not within; on the exterior or beyond the limits of any inclosed place or given line; opposed to in or within; as, to go out and come in; to rush out

2. Abroad; not at home. The master of the house is out; a colloquial phrase for gone out

3. In a state of disclosure or discovery. The secret is out that is, has come out is disclosed. We shall find out the rogue.

4. Not concealed.

When these are gone, the woman will be out

5. In a state of extinction. The candle or the fire is out

6. In a state of being exhausted. The wine is out

7. In a state of destitution. We are out of bread corn.

8. Not in office or employment. I care not who is in or who is out He is out of business.

9. Abroad or from home, in a party, at church, in a parade, etc. He was not out today. The militia companies are out The man was out in a frolic last night.

10. To the end.

Hear me out

11. Loudly; without restraint; as, to laugh out

12. Not in the hands of the owner. The land is out upon a lease.

13. In an error.

As a musician that will always play, and yet is always out at the same note.

14. At a loss; in a puzzle.

I have forgot my part, and I am out

15. Uncovered; with clothes torn; as, to be out at the knees or elbows.

16. Away, so as to consume; as, to sleep out the best time in the morning.

17. Deficient; having expended. He was out of pocket. He was out fifty pounds.

18. It is used as an exclamation with the force of command, away; begone; as, out with the dog.

OUT upon you, out upon it, expressions of dislike or contempt.

OUT is much used as a modifier of verbs; as, to come out to go out to lead out to run out to leak out to creep out to flow out to pass out to look out to burn out to cut out to saw out to grow out to spin out to write out to boil out to beat out etc. bearing the sense of issuing, extending, drawing from, separating, bringing to open view, or in short, the passing of a limit that incloses or restrains; or bearing the metaphorical sense of vanishing, coming to an end.

OUT of. In this connection, out may be considered as adverb, and of as a preposition.

1. Proceeding from; as produce. Plants grow out of the earth. He paid me out of his own funds.

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23.

OUT of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. James 3:10.

2. From or proceeding from a place, or the interior of a place; as, to take any thing out of the house. Mark 13:1.

3. Beyond; as out of the power of fortune.

They were astonished out of measure. Mark 10:26.

4. From, noting taking or derivation.

To whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets. Acts 28:3.

5. Not in, noting extraordinary exertion.

Be instant in season, out of season. 2 Timothy 4:2.

6. Not in, noting exclusion, dismission, departure, absence or dereliction; as out of favor; out of use; out of place; out of fashion.

7. Not in, noting unfitness or impropriety. He is witty out of season. The seed was sown out of season.

8. Not within, noting extraordinary delay; as, a ship is out of time.

9. Not within; abroad; as out of the door or house.

10. From, noting copy from an original; as, to cite or copy out of Horace.

11. From, noting rescue or liberation; as, to be delivered out of afflictions.

Christianity recovered the law of nature out of all those errors.

12. Not in, noting deviation, exorbitance or irregularity. This is out of all method; out of all rule. He goes out of his way to find cause of censure. He is out of order.

13. From, noting dereliction or departure. He will not be flattered or frightened out of his duty. He attempted to laugh men out of virtue.

14. From, noting loss or change of state. The mouth is out of taste; the instrument is out of tune.

15. Not according to, noting deviation; as, he acts or speaks out of character.

16. Beyond; not within the limits of; as, to be out of hearing, out of sight, out of reach. Time out of mind, is time beyond the reach of memory.

17. Noting loss or exhaustion, as, to be out of breath.

18. Noting loss; as out of hope.

19. By means of.

OUT of that will I cause those of Cyprus to mutiny.

20. In consequence of, noting the motive, source or reason.

What they do not grant out of the generosity of their nature, they may grant out of mere impatience.

So we say, a thing is done out of envy, spite or ambition.

OUT of hand, immediately, as that is easily used which is ready in the hand.

Gather we our forces out of hand.

OUT of print, denotes that a book is not in market, or to be purchased; the copies printed having been all sold.

OUT, verb intransitive To eject; to expel; to deprive by expulsion.

The French having been outed of their holds.

In composition, out signifies beyond, more, ejection or extension.

For the participles of the following compounds, see the simple verbs.

OUTACT', verb transitive To do beyond; to exceed in act.

He has made me heir to treasures, would make me outact a read widow's whining.

OUTBAL'ANCE, verb transitive To out weigh; to exceed in weight or effect.

Let dull Ajax bear away my right, when all his days outbalance this one night.

OUTB'AR, verb transitive To shut out by bars or fortification.

These to outbar with painful pionings.

OUTBID', verb transitive To bid more than another; to offer a higher price.

For Indian spices, for Peruvian gold, prevent the greedy and outbid the bold.

OUTBID'

OUTBID'DEN, participle passive Exceeded in the price offered.

OUTBID'DER, noun One that outbids.

OUTBID'DING, participle present tense Bidding a price beyond another.

OUTBLOWN, participle passive Inflated; swelled with wind.

OUTBLUSH', verb transitive To exceed in rosy color.

OUT'BORN, adjective Foreign; not native. [Little used.]

OUT'BOUND, adjective Destined or proceeding from a country or harbor to a distant country or port; as an outbound ship.

[The usual phrase among seamen is outward bound.]

OUTBRA'VE, verb transitive

1. To bear down by more daring or insolent conduct.

I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, outbrave the heart most daring on the earth, to win thee, lady.

2. To exceed in splendid appearance.

The towers as well as men outbrave the sky.

OUTBRA'ZEN, verb transitive To bear down with a brazen face or impudence.

OUT'BREAK, noun A bursting forth; eruption.

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind.

OUT'BREAKING, noun That which bursts forth.

OUTBRE'ATHE, verb transitive

1. To weary by having better breath.

2. To expire.

OUTBUD', verb intransitive To sprout forth.

OUTBUILD, verb transitive outbild'. To exceed in building, or in durability of building.

OUTCANT', verb transitive To surpass in canting.

OUT'CAST, participle passive or adjective Cast out; thrown away; rejected as useless.

OUT'CAST, noun One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home or country. Isaiah 16:3.

OUTCEPT, for except, is not in use.

OUTCLIMB, verb transitive To climb beyond.

OUTCOM'PASS, verb transitive To exceed due bounds.

OUTCR'AFT, verb transitive To exceed in cunning.

OUT'CRY, noun

1. A vehement or loud cry; cry of distress.

2. Clamor; noisy opposition or detestation.

3. Sale at public auction.

OUTDA'RE, verb transitive To dare or venture beyond.

OUTDA'TE, verb transitive To antiquate; as outdated ceremonies. [Not used.]

OUTDO, verb transitive preterit tense outdid; participle passive outdone. [See Do.]

To excel; to surpass; to perform beyond another.

An imposture outdoes the original.

I grieve to be outdone by Gay.

OUTDOING, participle present tense Excelling; surpassing in performance.

OUTDOING, noun Excess in performance.

OUTDONE, participle passive Of outdo.

OUTDRINK', verb transitive [See Drink.] To exceed in drinking.

OUTDWELL', verb transitive To dwell or stay beyond.

OUT'ER, adjective [comparative of out.] Being on the outside; external; opposed to inner; as the outer wall; the outer part of a thing; the outer court or gate.

OUT'ERLY, adverb Towards the outside.

OUT'ERMOST, adjective [superlative from outer.] Being on the extreme external part; remotest from the midst; as the outermost row.

OUTFA'CE, verb transitive To brave; to bear down with an imposing front or with impudence; to stare down.

OUT'FALL, noun A fall of water; a canal.

OUT'FAWN, verb transitive To exceed in fawning or adulation.

OUTFE'AST, verb transitive To exceed in feasting.

OUT'FIT, noun A fitting out, as of a ship for a voyage; usually in the plural, outfits, the expenses of equipping and furnishing a ship for a voyage.

OUTFLANK', verb transitive To extend the flank of one army beyond that of another.

OUTFLY, verb transitive To fly faster than another; to advance before in flight or progress.

OUTFOOL', verb transitive To exceed in folly.

OUT'FORM, noun External appearance.

OUTFROWN', verb transitive To frown down; to overbear by frowning.

OUT'GATE, noun An outlet; a passage outward.

OUTGEN'ERAL, verb transitive To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill.

OUTGIVE, verb transitive outgiv'. To surpass in giving.

OUTGO', verb transitive [See Go.]

1. To go beyond; to advance before in going; to go faster.

2. To surpass; to excel.

3. To circumvent; to overreach.

OUTGO'ING, participle present tense Going beyond.

OUT'GOING, noun

1. The act of going out.

2. The state of going out. Psalms 65:8.

3. Utmost border; extreme limit. Joshua 17:9.

OUTGRIN', verb transitive To surpass in grinning.

OUTGROW, verb transitive

1. To surpass in growth.

2. To grow too great or too old for any thing. Children outgrow their garments, and men outgrow their usefulness.

OUTGROWN, participle passive Of outgrow.

OUT'GUARD, noun A guard at a distance from the main body of an army; or a guard at the farthest distance; any thing for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

OUTHER'OD, verb transitive To surpass in enormity, absurdity or cruelty.

OUT'HOUSE, noun A small house or building at a little distance from the main house.

OUTJEST', verb transitive To overpower by jesting.

OUTJUG'GLE, verb transitive To surpass in juggling.

OUTKNAVE, verb transitive outna've. To surpass in knavery.

OUT'LAND, adjective Foreign. obsolete

OUT'LANDER, noun A foreigner; not a native. obsolete

OUTLAND'ISH, adjective

1. Foreign; not native.

Nevertheless, even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Nehemiah 13:26.

2. Born or produced in the interior country, or among rude people; hence, vulgar; rustic; rude; clownish. [This is the sense in which the word is among us most generally used.]

OUTL'AST, verb transitive To last longer than something else; to exceed in duration. Candles laid in bran will outlast others of the same stuff.

OUT'LAW, noun A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Formerly any person might kill an outlaw; but it is now held unlawful for any person to put to death an outlaw except the sheriff, who has a warrant for that purpose.

OUT'LAW, verb transitive To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to proscribe.

OUT'LAWED, participle passive Excluded from the benefit of law.

OUT'LAWING, participle present tense Depriving of the benefit of law.

OUT'LAWRY, noun The putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man is deprived of that protection; the punishment of a man who when called into court, contemptuously refuses to appear.

OUT'LAY, noun A laying out or expending; expenditure.

OUTLE'AP, verb transitive To leap beyond; to pass by leaping.

OUT'LEAP, noun Sally; flight; escape.

OUT'LET, noun Passage outward; the place or the means by which any thing escapes or is discharged. A gate is the outlet of a city or fort. The mouth of a river is its outlet Colonies are the outlets of a populous nation.

OUT'LICKER, noun In ships, a small piece of timber fastened to the top of the poop.

OUTLI'E, verb transitive To exceed in lying.

OUT'LIER, noun One who does not reside in the place with which his office or duty connects him.

OUT'LINE, noun Contour; the line by which a figure is defined; the exterior line.

OUT'LINE, verb transitive To draw the exterior line; to delineate; to sketch.

OUTLIVE, verb transitive outliv'.

1. To live beyond; to survive; to live after something has ceased; as, a man may outlive his children; a person may outlive his estate, his fame and his usefulness.

They live too long who happiness outlive

2. To live better or to better purpose.

OUTLIV'ER, noun A survivor.

OUTLOOK', verb transitive

1. To face down; to browbeat.

2. To select. [Not in use.]

OUT'LOOK, noun Vigilant watch; foresight. [But look-out is generally used.]

OUT'LOPE, noun [See Lope and Leap.] An excursion. [Not used.]

OUTLUS'TER,

OUTLUS'TRE, verb transitive To excel in brightness.

OUTLUS'TRE, v.t. To excel in brightness.

OUTLY'ING, adjective

1. Lying or being at a distance from the main body or design.

2. Being on the exterior or frontier.

OUTM'ARCH, verb transitive To march faster than; to march so as to leave behind.

The horse outmarched the foot.

OUTMEASURE, verb transitive outmezh'ur. To exceed in measure or extent.

OUT'MOST, adjective Farthest outward; most remote from the middle.

OUTNUM'BER, verb transitive To exceed in number. The troops outnumbered those of the enemy.

OUTPA'CE, verb transitive To outgo; to leave behind.

OUTPAR'AMOUR, verb transitive [See Paramour.] To exceed in keeping mistresses.

OUT'PARISH, noun A parish lying without the walls, or on the border.

OUT'PART, noun A part remote from the center or main part.

OUTP'ASS, verb transitive To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.

OUTPOISE, verb transitive outpoiz'. To outweigh.

OUT'PORCH, noun An entrance.

OUT'POST, noun

1. A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army.

2. The troops placed at such a station.

OUTPOUR, verb transitive

1. To pour out; to send forth in a stream.

2. To effuse.

OUT'POURING, noun A pouring out; effusion.

OUTPRA'Y, verb transitive To exceed in prayer or in earnestness of entreaty.

OUTPRE'ACH, verb transitive To surpass in preaching; to produce more effect in inculcating lessons or truth.

And for a villain's quick conversion a pill'ry can outpreach a parson.

OUTPRI'ZE, verb transitive To exceed in value or estimated worth.

OUT'RAGE, verb transitive [Latin ultra, beyond.]

To treat with violence and wrong; to abuse by rude or insolent language; to injure by rough, rude treatment of any kind.

Base and insolent minds outrage men, when they have hopes of doing it without a return.

This interview outrages all decency.

OUT'RAGE, verb intransitive To commit exorbitances; to be guilty of violent rudeness.

OUT'RAGE, noun

Injurious violence offered to persons or things; excessive abuse; wanton mischief. Rude abusive language, scurrility, or opprobrious and contemptuous words, may be an outrage to persons, or to decency and civility. A violent attack upon person or property is an outrage

He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country where he went.

OUTRA'GEOUS, adjective

1. Violent; furious; exorbitant; exceeding all bounds of moderation; as outrageous villainies; outrageous talk; outrageous abuse.

2. Excessive; exceeding reason or decency; as outrageous panegyric.

3. Enormous; atrocious; as outrageous crimes.

4. Tumultuous; turbulent.

OUTRA'GEOUSLY, adverb With great violence; furiously; excessively.

OUTRA'GEOUSNESS, noun Fury; violence; enormity.

OUTRA'ZE, verb transitive To raze to extermination.

OUTRE, adjective ootra'y. Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant.

OUTRE'ACH, verb transitive To go or extend beyond.

OUTRE'ASON, verb transitive To excel or surpass in reasoning.

OUTRECK'ON, verb transitive To exceed in assumed computation.

OUTREIGN, verb transitive To reign through the whole of.

OUTRI'DE, verb transitive To pass by riding; to ride faster than.

OUTRI'DE, verb intransitive To travel about on horseback, or in a vehicle.

OUT'RIDER, noun

1. A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [Not used.]

2. One who travels about on horseback.

3. An attending servant.

OUT'RIGGER, noun In seamen's language, a strong beam fixed on the side of a ship and projecting from it, in order to secure the masts in the operation of careening, by counteracting the strain it suffers from the effort of the careening tackle; also, a boom occasionally used in the tops to thrust out the breast back-stays to windward, to increase the angle of tension, and give additional security to the topmast. [See Prow.]

OUT'RIGHT, adverb

1. Immediately; without delay; at once.

2. Completely.

OUTRI'VAL, verb transitive To surpass in excellence.

OUTROAR, verb transitive To exceed in roaring.

OUT'RODE, noun An excursion.

OUTROOT', verb transitive To eradicate; to extirpate.

OUTRUN', verb intransitive

1. To exceed in running; to leave behind in running.

2. To exceed; as, to outrun one's income.

OUTSA'IL, verb transitive To sail faster than; to leave behind in sailing.

OUTSCA'PE, noun Power of escaping. [Not used.]

OUTSCORN', verb transitive To bear down or confront by contempt; to despise.

OUTSCOUR'INGS, noun [out and scour.] Substances washed or scoured out.

OUTSELL', verb transitive

1. To exceed in amount of sales.

2. To exceed in the prices of things sold.

3. To gain a higher price.

OUT'SET, noun Beginning; first entrance on any business.

Every thing almost depends upon giving a proper direction to this outset of life.

OUTSHI'NE, verb transitive

1. To send forth brightness or luster.

2. To excel in luster or excellence; as Homer outshines all other poets.

OUTSHOOT', verb transitive

1. To exceed in shooting.

2. To shoot beyond.

OUTSHUT', verb transitive To shut out or exclude.

OUTSI'DE, noun

1. The external part of a thing; the part, end or side which forms the surface or superficies.

2. Superficial appearance; exterior; as the outside of a man or of manners.

Created beings see nothing but our outside

3. Person; external man.

4. The part or place that lies without or beyond an inclosure.

I threw open the door of my chamber and found the family standing on the outside

5. The utmost.

OUTSIT', verb transitive To sit beyond the time of any thing.

OUTSKIP', verb transitive To avoid by flight.

OUT'SKIRT, noun Border; outpost; suburb.

OUTSLEE'P, verb transitive To sleep beyond.

OUTSOAR, verb transitive To soar beyond.

OUTSOUND', verb transitive To surpass in sound.

OUTSPE'AK, verb transitive To speak something beyond; to exceed.

OUTSPORT, verb transitive To sport beyond; to outdo in sporting.

OUTSPREAD', verb intransitive To extend; to spread; to diffuse.

OUTSTAND', verb transitive

1. To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding. [Little used.]

2. To stand beyond the proper time.

OUTSTAND', verb intransitive To project outwards from the main body.

OUTSTAND'ING, participle present tense

1. Resisting effectually. [Little used.]

2. Projecting outward.

3. Not collected; unpaid; as outstanding debts.

The whole amount of revenues - as well outstanding as collected.

OUTSTA'RE, verb transitive To face down; to browbeat; to outface with effrontery; as we say, to stare out of countenance.

OUTSTEP', verb transitive To step or go beyond; to exceed.

OUTSTORM', verb transitive To overbear by storming.

Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies.

OUT'STREET, noun A street in the extremities of a town.

OUTSTRETCH', verb transitive To extend; to stretch or spread out; to expand.

OUTSTRI'DE, verb transitive To surpass in striding.

OUTSTRIP', verb transitive To outgo; to outrun; to advance beyond.

OUTSWEAR, verb transitive To exceed in swearing; to overpower by swearing.

OUTSWEE'TEN, verb transitive To exceed in sweetness.

OUTSWELL', verb transitive To overflow; to exceed in swelling.

OUTTALK, verb transitive outtauk'. To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking.

OUTTHROW, verb transitive To throw out or beyond.

OUTTONGUE, verb transitive outtung'. To bear down by talk, clamor or noise.

OUTTOP', verb transitive To overtop. [Not used.]

OUTVAL'UE, verb transitive To exceed in price or value.

OUTVEN'OM, verb transitive To exceed in poison.

OUTVI'E, verb transitive To exceed; to surpass.

OUTVIL'LAIN, verb transitive To exceed in villainy.

OUTVOICE, verb transitive outvois'. To exceed in roaring or clamor. [Not used.]

OUTVO'TE, verb transitive To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by plurality of suffrages.

OUTWALK, verb transitive outwauk'.

1. To walk faster than; to leave behind in walking.

2. To exceed the walking of a specter.

OUT'WALL, noun

1. The exterior wall of a building or fortress.

2. Superficial appearance. [Unusual.]

OUT'WARD, adjective [Latin versus.]

1. External; exterior; forming the superficial part; as the outward coat of an onion; an outward garment.

2. External; visible; opposed to inward; as outward hate.

3. Extrinsic; adventitious.

And outward honor for an inward toil.

4. Foreign; not intestine; as an outward war. [Not now used. We now say, external or foreign war.]

5. Tending to the exterior part.

The fire will force its outward way.

6. In Scripture, civil; public; as opposed to religious. 1 Chronicles 24:1.

7. In theology, carnal; fleshly; corporeal; not spiritual; as the outward man.

OUT'WARD, noun External form.

OUT'WARDLY, adverb

1. Externally; opposed to inwardly; as outwardly content, but inwardly uneasy.

2. In appearance; not sincerely. Many may inwardly reverence the goodness which they outwardly seem to despise.

OUT'WARDS, adverb

1. To the outer parts; tending or directed towards the exterior.

The light falling on them [black bodies] is not reflected outwards

2. From a port or country; as a ship bound outwards

OUTWASH', verb transitive To wash out; to cleanse from. [Little used.]

OUTWATCH', verb transitive To surpass in watching.

OUTWEAR, verb transitive

1. To wear out. [Not used.]

2. To pass tediously to the end.

By the stream, if I the night outwear -

3. To last longer than something else. [This is the common signification.]

OUTWEE'D, verb transitive To weed out; to extirpate, as a weed.

OUTWEE'P, verb transitive To exceed in weeping.

OUTWEIGH, verb transitive outwa'y. [See Weigh.]

1. To exceed in weight.

2. To exceed in value, influence or importance.

One self-approving hour whole years outweighs of stupid starers and of loud huzzas.

OUTWELL', verb transitive or i. To pour out. [Not used.]

OUTWENT', preterit tense of outgo.

OUTWHO'RE, verb transitive To exceed in lewdness.

OUTWIN', verb transitive To get out of. [Not used.]

OUTWIND, verb transitive To extricate by winding; to unloose.

OUTWING', verb transitive To move faster on the wing; to outstrip.

OUTWIT', verb transitive To surpass in design or stratagem; to overreach; to defeat or frustrate by superior ingenuity.

OUT'WORK, noun The part of a fortification most remote from the main fortress or citadel.

OUTWORN, participle passive [See Wear.] Worn out; consumed by use.

OUTWORTH, verb transitive To exceed in value.

OUTWREST, verb transitive outrest'. To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.

OUTWRITE, verb transitive outri'te. To surpass in writing.

OUTWROUGHT, participle passive outraut'. [See Work.] Outdone; exceeded in act or efficacy.

OUTZA'NY, verb transitive [See Zany.] To exceed in buffoonery.