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outˈlabour, v.
[out- 18, 17.]
trans. To outdo, exceed, or go beyond in labour, toil, or endurance.
1651Davenant Gondibert ii. ii. xxv, I have..Out-suffer'd patience, bred in Captives Breasts;..Outwatch'd the jealous, and outlabour'd Beasts. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. IV. 265 The Poor Men of the Church might out-labour and out⁓suffer the Poor Men of Lyons. 1875Browning Herakles 343 Who outlabours what the Gods appoint Shows energy, but energy gone mad. |