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out-ˈsharpen, v.
[out- 15 b, 23 a.]
trans. †a. To excite thoroughly to sharpness or bitterness (obs.). b. To exceed in sharpness.
1382Wyclif Jer. v. 23 To this puple forsothe is maad an herte mystrowende and oute sharpende [L. exasperans]. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. i, She would glance at the visitors..with a look that out-sharpened all her other sharpness. |