单词 | outcharm |
释义 | outcharmv. transitive. To surpass in charming; to produce more pleasure or delight than. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)] > surpass in charming outcharm1629 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 120 Away; my power shall outcharme thy charmes. 1636 W. Davenant Platonick Lovers v. i The Conjurer that I must first outcharme. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence v. 235 To outcharm all the pleasures and Relishes of this sensible world. a1867 N. P. Willis Psyche in Poems (1882) 360 One silent look of thine, Like stronger magic, will outcharm it all. 1885 P. J. Holdsworth Station Hunting on Warrego 35 That old perennial spell which still outcharms The spurious lesser loves that fret mankind. 1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xix. 338 Your grace hath a tongue to outcharm the nightingale. 1995 Guardian 22 Dec. i. 13/6 The Palace has been outfought, outmanoeuvred, outcharmed, outpoliticked by the quavering virgin bride of its own yesteryear selection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1629 |
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