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outˈspeed, v.
[out- 18.]
trans. To surpass or outstrip in speed; to run faster than.
1704Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 324 Twelve Colts they bore him cou'd their Sire out-speed. 1724R. Welton Christ. Faith & Pract. 150 As swift as he rode he could not outspeed the Divine vengeance. 1802Campbell Lochiel's Warning 27 Lo! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless. 1867J. B. Rose tr. Virgil's æneid 337 The maiden..on foot outsped the horse. 1911Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 57/1 If the black, whirling maelstrom of a cyclone looms up before him, he will make a detour or even outspeed it. 1930R. Campbell Adamastor 31 Bold is he..And swift—outspeeding as he runs The corposants of Leda's sons. 1962Times 28 Mar. 4/2 He had outspeeded Spinks in the early rounds. 1977‘O. Jacks’ Autumn Heroes viii. 112 It became clear that the truck would survive once it outsped the fire line. |