单词 | out-dream |
释义 | out-dreamv.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > by other specific means whip1567 out-dreama1625 to wrestle out of1638 snow1851 rummage1878 a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo2/1 I am no flatterer, To promise infinitely, and out-dream dangers. 2. transitive. To dream to an end. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [verb (transitive)] > to its end out-dream1798 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon xii. lxiv. 425 The mournful dream out-dreamt, the trial o'er. 1882 E. Pfeiffer From out of Night in Under Aspens 43 Keep your dreams, I have outdreamed them, all your golden visions keep. 1917 J. Masefield Lollingdon Downs 80 This my life will be a dream out-dreamt. 3. transitive. To surpass or outdo in dreaming. ΚΠ 1953 Sci. Monthly July 24/2 He can outdream the advertising and public relations men, but he can only envy..the advertising man in his claims. 1993 N. Sibum Seduction of Joseph in In Laban's Field 1 Joseph lorded it over his brothers, snitching on them to their father, outdreaming their dreams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1625 |
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