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outˈbid, v.
[out- 18, 17.]
1. trans. To outdo in bidding or offering a price; to offer a higher price than.
1587Harrison England ii. xviii. (1877) i. 300 One of them doo commonlie vse to out bid another. 1622Malynes Anc. Law Merch. 410 So by outbidding the other, oftentimes to raise the wares. 1741Middleton Cicero I. v. 342 He..bought the house..by outbidding all who offered for it. 1901A. Lang in Blackw. Mag. Oct. 490/1 The late Mr. Quaritch outbid me for the only copy of Lautier I ever saw.
2. fig.
a. To offer more than; to outdo or surpass in any quality, statement, etc.
1597Warner Alb. Eng. vi. xxxiii, He..that would not be out-bid For courage. 1642Rogers Naaman 142 Our out⁓bidding the Lords owne asking, is no marke of our selfe⁓deniall. 1853Herschel Pop. Lect. Sc. ii. §5. (1873) 52 He was outbid by Anaximander, who said it was twenty-eight times as large as the earth.
†b. Of things: To surpass in value. Obs.
1642Rogers Naaman 392 As much as Crownes or Royalls outbid brasse farthings. 1671J. Allen Dedham Pulpit 20 From the unspeakable, unconceivable and excellent worth of this peace, it will outbid all other things in the world.
†3. To overestimate, overrate. Obs.
1688Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia v. Wks. 1720 IV. 107 You do me too much honour, you much out-bid my value. 1702Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. i. i. 260 You out-bid my Service; And all returns are vile, but words the poorest.
Hence outˈbidding vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also outˈbidder, ‘one that out-bids’ (J.).
1632I. L. Law's Resol. Wom. Rights 146 A thousand out⁓ridings and out-biddings is no forfeiture. 1830J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) II. xv. 86 The..out-bidding spirit of a tyro at the auction for popularity. |