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单词 outswear
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outswearv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈswɛː/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈswɛ(ə)r/
Inflections: Past tense outswore; past participle outsworn;
Forms: see out- prefix and swear v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, swear v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + swear v.
transitive. To outdo in swearing; to swear more or more coarsely than; to overcome or get the better of by swearing.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > swear an oath or take an oath > bring or get into specified condition or position by > outdo or surpass
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1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 62 Mee thinks I should outsweare Cupid. View more context for this quotation
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. C4v The copper fact rascal wil for a good supper out sweare twelue dozen of graund Iuryes.
1690 T. Shadewell Amorous Bigotte ii I will out-swear the deepest gamester in Madrid.
1735 A. Pope Donne Sat. ii. 38 I pass o'er all those Confessors and Martyrs Who..Outusure Jews, or Irishmen outswear.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 328 Vile Gerrarde has laid her plan deeper than we are aware of, and would out-swear us all, that Faulkland came to her house for no other purpose, than to have an opportunity of seeing you.
1816 Sporting Mag. 48 217 Always allowable, as long as it can be concealed or out-sworn.
1844 M. F. Tupper Heart xi. 120 Out-swearing and out-threatening our sneerful stock-jobber.
1933 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 20 288 In the language of the frontier he was ‘a Salt River roarer’..who could out-fight, out-drink, out-run, out-jump, out-swear, and out-shoot any man on both sides of the river.
2002 Sunday Tribune (Dublin) (Nexis) 2 June 8 We button our lips in public, though we could outswear any sailor in private.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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