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outˈrank, v.
[out- 21.]
trans. To be superior in rank to, to take precedence of. Hence outˈranked ppl. a.
1842Spirit of Times (Philad.) 1 Sept. (Th.), It won't be long before he fills the place of some one of the drones and cakes who now outrank him. 1864in Webster. 1881P. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. 150 The Norwegians..outrank every other nation in Europe in that respect. 1903Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 4/1 Barr did not outrank Wringe here as he had done at the start. 1948K. Anthony Lambs i. 11 She laid some strange claim to a gentility outranking her husband's. 1973J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 179 You haven't a leg to stand on... You don't even out-rank me. 1974S. Gulliver Vulcan Bulletins 21 The luckless, outranked, beautifully-spoken captain of shooting. |