outlovev.
/ˌaʊtˈlʌv/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈləv/ transitive. To outdo or surpass in loving.
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the mind > emotion > love > [verb (transitive)] > surpass in loving
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1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar ii. vii. sig. E2v She cannot out-loue me, nor you out-friend me.
1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 434 Admired Princess, you out-speak me much, But never shall out-love me.
a1711 T. Ken Sion iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 409 They..to out-love each other co-inclin'd.
?1737 H. Carey Dragon of Wantley i. 11 We will out-coo the Turtle Dove. Fondly toying, Still enjoying, Sporting Sparrows we'll out-love.
1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men v. 207 What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen?
1887 Cent. Mag. Dec. 243 I did belie the soul-wide joys of earth, And feelings deep as lights that dwell in seas. Can heaven itself outlove such depths as these?
1935 G. Greene Basement Room & Other Stories 110 He made love attractively in his formal well-bred way, but they'd have outloved him, blind and drunk and crazy and happy in the park.
1999 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Oct. 9 She's not the kind of woman who can bear to be outloved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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