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outˈmeasure, v.
[out- 18 c, or 21.]
trans. To exceed in measure or extent.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xviii. 260 To attempt perpetuall motions, and engines whose revolutions..might outlast the exemplary mobility, and outmeasure time it selfe. 1806W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. IV. 110 Such masses of property, as will outmeasure the estates of Russian nobles. 1837New Monthly Mag. XLIX. 478 There are some days that might outmeasure years. |