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单词 outsteal
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outstealv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈstiːl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈstil/
Inflections: Past tense outstole; past participle outstolen;
Forms: see out- prefix and steal v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, steal v.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + steal v.1 Compare to steal out (see steal v.1).
1. transitive. To steal away from (a place or person) secretly. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a person or slip away from
aglya1250
outsteala1325
glide?1510
slip1513
betrumpa1522
to give (one) the slip1567
to get by ——1601
outslip1616
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1653
elude1667
to tip (a person) the picks1673
bilk1679
to tip (a person) the pikes1688
to give one the drop1709
jouk1812
double1819
sneak1819
shirk1837
duck1896
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > move off or away > from
outsteala1325
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2882 Qvað pharaun [to Moses], ‘ðu art min ðral Ðat hidel-like min lond vt-stal’.
1672 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 197 She..charg'd him not to goe but he out-stole her, and went.
1877 R. Browning tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon 56 Either some one outstole us or outprayed us—Some god—no man it was the tiller touching.
2. intransitive. To emerge slowly or tentatively; to slip away furtively. Also figurative. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > move off or away
steal1154
atslip?c1225
atcreepc1275
to steal one's wayc1385
glide1393
atslikec1400
fleetc1400
flinch1563
outsteala1586
leer1586
shift1594
shab1699
slive1707
ghost1833
to oil out1945
a1586 King Hart 825 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 280 Strenth is away, outstolling lyk ane theif.
1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare 38 His snorting giuing the signe that he was cock-sure, softly out-steales sir Paris, and to Helenaes teeth prooued himselfe a true Troian.
1843 T. Westwood Holly Tree in Beads from Rosary 104 Jests, from ruby lips outstealing.
1849 J. Kenyon Day at Tivoli 119 Or—if some tale of grief betide—As ready tear; which, while outstealing, She—shyly still—attempts to hide.
1882 P. H. Hayne Christ on Earth in Poems 324 Wild birds above him passed on reverent wing, And savage sovereigns of dark dune or den, Out stole to greet Him with mild murmuring.
1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 42 The houses stood confronting us afar, A livid line against the evening glare; The small lamps livened; then out-stole a star.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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