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outˈswell, v.
[out- 18, 17, 14, 15.]
1. trans. To exceed in swelling or inflation; to swell out more than.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. v. 9 Blow villaine, till thy sphered Bias cheeke Out-swell the collicke of puft Aquilon. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. vi. i. (1849) 312 Striving to outstrut and outswell each other like a couple of belligerent turkey cocks.
2. To swell beyond (a point or limit).
1658J. Hewitt Repent. & Convers. 185 The waters..out⁓swelling and breaking down their banks, have overflown both our Church and State. 1659Fuller App. Inj. Innoc. ii. 69 But this outswelleth the proportion of my booke. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iii. i. (1723) 141 So filling the Rivers as to make them out-swell their Banks.
3. To swell out, inflate.
1800J. Hurdis Fav. Village 122 Shudd'ring he sits, in horrent coat outswoln.
So ˈoutˌswelling ppl. a. [out- 10], swelling out.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 826 Body being bulkie or out-swelling extension. |