outbulkv.
/ˌaʊtˈbʌlk/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbəlk/ transitive. To exceed in bulk.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [verb (transitive)] > exceed in size > in bulk
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1646 J. Goodwin Anapologesiates Antapologias 85 I should out-bulk the Antapologie it self, if I should insist upon and argue but the one half of the dissensed sentences thereof.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila v. xlix. 73 And, eight-score Times out-bulks the Earth.
1879 H. N. Hudson Hamlet Pref. 4 We find the gloss, I can not say out-weighing, but certainly far out-bulking, the text.
1931 H. S. Williams Bk. Marvels 109 We are assured that twelve generations totally unrestrained, if food could be found, would outbulk the earth itself.
1969 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1994) II. 1137 The latter outbulks the former by ninety-nine to one.
2000 Newsweek (Nexis) 19 June 71 Jack's e-mails must have far outbulked his published work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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