outmeasurev.
/ˌaʊtˈmɛʒə/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈmɛʒər/ΚΠ
1603 W. Leighton Vertue Triumphant sig. E Sith golden meane doth temperance out measure, Happy the man that can the same attaine.
1762 S. Derrick Battle of Lora 19 Three Paces round out-measure now thy Grave, O Morar! late the Mighty and the Brave.
2. transitive. To exceed in quantity or extent.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outlast
to live out1535
outlast1570
outwear1579
outlive1582
supervive1586
outflourish1594
to stand out1600
outdure1611
outstanda1616
outsit1633
survive1633
endure1636
stay1639
outmeasure1646
superlast1648
outstaya1652
last1658
tarrya1662
superannuate1820
outrange1887
to see out1897
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [verb (transitive)] > exceed in size > in extent
outspread1650
outmeasure1806
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xviii. 260 To attempt perpetuall motions, and engines whose revolutions..might outlast the exemplary mobility, and outmeasure time it selfe. View more context for this quotation
1759 W. Hawkins Cymbeline iv. 71 Come not to me for comfort, For my own pers'nal grief out-measures all The patience I was born with.
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 110 Such masses of property, as will outmeasure the estates of Russian nobles.
1883 T. Hardy Let. 2 Nov. (1978) I. 122 I naturally enough feel how immensely your volume outmeasures those three of mine in every capacity but the mean cubic one of inches.
1928 Mind 37 244 Such an undertaking can never be complete or final, but its excellence outmeasures its shortcomings.
1996 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times (Nexis) 26 Nov. d1 His pallet is a 3- by 4-foot area rug that he easily outmeasures when he stretches out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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