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outˈstrain, v.
[out- 15, 18.]
1. trans. To strain out; to stretch out tightly.
1591Spenser Virg. Gnat 280 All his [a serpent's] folds are now in length outstrained. 1801Southey Thalaba iii. xviii, When the door-curtain hangs in heavier folds: When the out-strain'd tent flags loosely.
2. To outdo by straining or strenuous effort.
1648J. Beaumont Psyche xv. cxliv, But vivid John..Quickly his Fellow-traveller outstrein'd In Ardor's race. |