outsoarv.
/ˌaʊtˈsɔː/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈsɔr/ transitive. To rise above or beyond; to soar higher than. Frequently figurative.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > soar in or into > soar beyond
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1674 Govt. Tongue ix. §13 Let them clog their wings with the remembrance of those who have outsoar'd them..in true worth.
1696 D. Manley Royal Mischief i. i. 8 By Heav'n, it gave at once both spight and joy, To see this infant Eagle..now imp my flight, And far out-soar my height.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 286 This amiable Girl..will out-soar us both, infinitely out-soar us.
1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives IV. lxxviii. 210 A mind too that might outsoar the eagle, and gaze upon the sun of truth!
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 15 By how many feet Mount Chimborazo outsoars Himmeleh.
1856 G. H. Boker Betrothal ii. ii, in Plays & Poems II. 32 Her charms outsoar my fancy.
1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 234/1 The money manipulators of New York however, outsoar us altogether in their financial flights.
1980 ELH 47 699 The poem outsoars its subject, and makes of a fairly insignificant M.P. (in so far as we have the evidence to assess his career) a symbol of Albion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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