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outwrite, v.|aʊtˈraɪt|
[out- 18, 17, 15 b.]
1. trans. To surpass or excel in writing; to write better than.
1643T. Coleman Serm. in Kerr Covenants & Cov. (1895) 180 You outwrite your copy. 1671Shadwell Humorist Epil. 30 He would with ease all Poets else out-write. 1711Steele Spect. No. 96 ⁋4 My half-Education and Love of idle Books, made me outwrite all that made Love to her by way of Epistle. 1888[see outread 2].
2. To get over or beyond by writing.
1837Disraeli Venetia iv. viii, These wild opinions of his,..He will outwrite them. 1852Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Friendships Miss M. (1882) II. x. 168 It was a miserable feeling. At last I out-wrote it.
3. refl. To write oneself out, exhaust one's powers of writing. rare.
1883Manch. Exam. 22 Nov. 5/5 The music..has all Offenbach's charm of tone and melody. He has clearly not out⁓written himself yet. |