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outˈfight, v.
[out- 15 d, 18 b.]
†1. trans. To take by assault, subdue, conquer, overcome. [Rendering L. expugnare.] Obs.
1382Wyclif Josh. x. 35 And [Joshua] went fro Lachis vnto Eglon, and enuyrounde, and out fauȝt [Vulg. expugnavit] it the same day. ― Ecclus. iv. 33 And God shal outfiȝten [expugnabit], or ouercome for thee, thyn enemys.
2. To fight better than; to beat in a fight.
1643Trapp Comm. Gen. xlix. 17 He could, if not outfight his enemies, outwit them. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 167 He out-fought his adversary left and right. 1875Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xlv. (1877) 339 The elder general both out⁓manœuvred and out-fought the younger. |