outlearnv.
/ˌaʊtˈləːn/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈlərn/ΚΠ
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Pref. sig. ***3 Your grace hath alreadie outlearned this geare.
1844 R. W. Emerson Eros in Dial Jan. 401 Men and gods have not outlearned it [sc. love].
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > by asking or enquiring
askOE
speer1390
to get out1530
hark1561
hearken1590
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elicitate1642
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1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. Hv When as nought according to his mind He could outlearne, he them from ground did reare. View more context for this quotation
3. transitive. To outstrip in learning.
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society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > outstrip in learning
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to take down1843
society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > get beyond learning of
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1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To out-learne his fellowes, apprendre plus que ses compagnons.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Out-Learn, to learn faster or farther than another.
1880 Ld. Tennyson Ballads & Other Poems 119 The Gospel, the Priest's pearl, flung down to swine—The swine, lay-men, lay-women, who will come, God willing, to outlearn the filthy friar.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Sept. 1/3 We were the pupils then, who outlearnt our masters... Will they, in turn, outlearn us?
1997 Organization Sci. 8 511 Failure to outlearn one's partner can render a firm first dependent and then redundant within the partnership.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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