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▪ I. † ˈoutshow, n. Obs. [out- 7.] Display, exhibition.
1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices ii. (1558) 90 Deeme them⁓selues able to attein stedfast glorie by false pretence and vaine outshow. ▪ II. outshow, v.|aʊt-ˈʃəʊ| [out- 15, 21.] 1. trans. To show forth, exhibit. poet.
1558T. Phaer æneid. vii. U iij b, Duke Auentine..Victoriously outshewes his charet faier. a1600in England's Helicon C ij b, He blusht..Ne durst again his fierie face out-show. 1898T. Hardy Wessex Poems 2 Then high handiwork will I make my life-deed, Truth and light outshow. 2. To exceed or outdo in show.
1786A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscret. III. 71 Mrs. Gab's sole ambition was to out-show and out-dress her neighbours. So ˈoutˌshowing vbl. n. [out- 9], indication.
1868Mrs. Whitney P. Strong xix. (1869) 220 The home that this is the sign and outshowing of. |