单词 | out-beard |
释义 | out-beardv. Now archaic. transitive. To overcome by bearding or a display of defiance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy > overcome by out-beard1596 outdare1598 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. D1 Whose coale-black ensignes in the sky displayed, Out-bearded Jove, and made the Gods dismayed. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 487/2 Did hee spare to out-beard his Souvraigne himselfe? 1673 Mem. Madam Charlton 1 A bold Metheor..may out-beard the Sun. 1823 J. K. Paulding Koningsmarke II. vii. iii. 146 I will out-beard a comet any day. 1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner ii. 20 I say not he meaneth openly to outbeard the sovereign himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1596 |
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