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outˈpray, v.
[out- 18, 18 c.]
1. trans. To outdo in praying, excel in prayer.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, v. iii. 109 Our prayers do out-pray his. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. cclxi, He..Outweeps an hermit, and outprays a saint. 1841–4Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. iv. (1876) 105 He will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field.
2. To overcome by prayer, pray (something) to an end or out of existence.
a1853Robertson Serm. Ser. iv. lv. (1863) 415 Outpray,—outpreach,—outlive the calumny. |