outmovev.
/ˌaʊtˈmuːv/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈmuv/ 1. transitive. To move more quickly than; (also) to be more moving than.
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the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)] > surpass or exceed in moving
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1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. vi. 86 Shee'd lend thee favour, should out-move The Troy-bane Hellen, or the Queene of Love.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxix. 189 My father's ideas run on, as much faster than the translation, as the translation outmoved my uncle Toby's.
1995 Church Times 12 May 15/1 The ecclesiastical photograph of the week was the one on the front page of Monday's Independent. Another moving photograph was..the Provost of Coventry..looking gaunt and solemn against the ruins of the bombed cathedral. But the photographs of the Queen Mother..out-moved both of these.
2. transitive. To defeat by a move or moves, outmanoeuvre.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > by a move
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1860 J. Forster Deb. Grand Remonstr. 197 Every move they made was outmoved.
1887 Witness (N.Y.) 13 Apr. 5 A game of political chess, with the chances that the Prohibitionists will be outmoved.
1946 C. Fry Firstborn ii. i. 54 But we can outmove motives to our advantage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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