单词 | outwrite |
释义 | outwritev.ΚΠ 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 120 (MED) Al the processe I dede owt wryte, Wych I purpose now to declare On ynglysh. 2. transitive. To surpass in writing; to write better than. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > excel in writing outwrite1643 1643 T. Coleman Serm. in J. Kerr Covenants & Covenanters (1895) 180 You outwrite your copy. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest Prol. sig. A4 If they have since out-writ all other men, 'Tis with the Drops which fell from Shakspear's Pen. 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists Epil. 30 He would with ease all Poets else out-write. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 96. ⁋4 My half-Education and Love of idle Books, made me outwrite all that made Love to her by way of Epistle. ?1860 Spectator 139 A third poet, being resolved to outwrite all his predecessors. 1873 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 758/2 Handel was one of the run-after opera composers of his day, and was straining every nerve to outwrite Buononcini. 1888 ‘F. Warden’ Witch of Hills II. xxiii. 209 Ladies out-read us, out-write us. 1926 World's Work Sept. (advt. betw. pp. 598–9) Handfashioned of finest Sheffield steel, Spencerians outwrite and outlast ordinary pens. 1986 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 June 618/4 This nineteenth-century man outwrites me, as to speed and endurance both. 2001 Times 29 Jan. (Interface section) 4/2 David Almond and Philip Pullman, who are outwriting the majority of our ‘adult’ novelists just now with their spellbinding children's books. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > get beyond by writing outwrite1837 1837 B. Disraeli Venetia II. 203 These wild opinions of his,..He will outwrite them. 1852 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Friendships M. R. Mitford (1882) II. x. 168 It was a miserable feeling. At last I out-wrote it. 4. transitive (reflexive). To exhaust one's powers of writing. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (reflexive)] > in specific ways overrun1533 overthink1628 overmusea1652 over-dance1653 overtravel1654 forfight1661 overwalk1662 over-read1668 overwrite1752 overpreach1865 outwrite1883 overshoot1883 to run out1892 society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > exhaust by excessive writing to write out1738 overwrite1752 outwrite1883 1883 Manch. Examiner 22 Nov. 5/5 The music..has all Offenbach's charm of tone and melody. He has clearly not out~written himself yet. 1947 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 6 15 They applauded politely for old memory's sake, yet thought for themselves: ‘She is finished. She has outwritten herself!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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