outglarev.
/ˌaʊtˈɡlɛː/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈɡlɛ(ə)r/ transitive. To surpass or outdo in glaring, or in dazzling effect; to be more glaring or flagrant than; (also) to overcome by glaring.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > be brighter than
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outblazea1634
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > of an offence: be more glaring than
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1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. G3 Whose radiant flame Out-glares the Heav'ns..Osiris.
a1699 J. Beaumont Psyche (1702) xiv. clxxviii. 255 His monstrous Score, which stood outglaring all Its hideous Neighbours.
1775 W. Donaldson Agric. 161 Fashionable vices of the present times outglare the distresses of virtue.
1821 W. Scott Pirate III. iv. 95 Were all my former sins doubled..such a villany would have outglared and outweighed them all.
1865 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 135/1 The worst pictures outshine and outglare the best, and for a time triumph over them.
1992 Daily Tel. 12 Apr. (BNC) 19 Stood for no less than 17 minutes, reserving a vacant meter spot... In that time she had to out-glare three Renaults, four Cortinas and a Volkswagen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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