单词 | out-fast |
释义 | out-fastv. transitive. To outdo in fasting, to fast longer than. †to out-fast oneself: to fast beyond one's power of endurance. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > fasting > fast [verb (transitive)] > fast longer than out-fast1630 1630 G. Markham Muster-master in Camden Misc. XXVI. 68 Never Clowne..was able to outfast..the Sun. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 334 I have out-fasted my self, or my Stomach is gone. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. viii. 196 Sow the good seed as the heretics sow the bad...out-labour, out-fast, out-discipline these false teachers. 1924 B. Jarrett Life St. Dominic ii. 25 He outfasted the heretics at Toulouse. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 21 June c10 His discipline was very impressive. He would outfast and outpray everybody. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1630 |
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