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1633 Match at Mid-night ii. sig. E2 Yee are but the wormes of worth, The sonnes of shame and basenesse, That in a Taverne dares out-sit the Sunne.

1658 F. Osborne Advice to Son (1673) 24 That such as begin then, though they out-sit the Sun, will be delivered of the fury..before the Watch be set.

1665 R. South Serm. preached before Court 26 He that prolongs his Meals..how quickly does he out-sit his Pleasure?

1857–61 Debates Congr. (U.S.: Congress) 379/2 There would not be time to take it up during the present session, the House having already outsat the time which the other branch of the Legislature had proposed for the adjournment.

1882 Woodford in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce III. 357 We outsate the twilight, drawing from the rich stores of the old statesman's memory.

1961 E. Wilson Mr Sleepwalker in Mrs Golightly & Other Stories 134 Mary out-sat the service.

1661 A. Brome Ess. on Contempt of Greatnesse in Songs & Other Poems 185 If 'mong the guests there should be one that..Out-sits all others and out feeds 'um too, Would you think this man temperate?

1682 A. Radcliffe Epit. Sam. Micoe in Ramble 36 Have I in Taverns spent my blooming years, Outsate the Beadle nodding in his Chair, Outwatch'd the Bulker and the Burglarer.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 63 He outsat every one at the table excepting the little fat distiller of Schiedam.

1840 F. W. Thomas Howard Pinckney I. xviii. 148 A rival of mine was by her side... I out sat him; and when he had gone I told my tale of love, and was accepted.

1894 Cornhill Mag. May 496 Bab outsits all the other guests at tea.

1977 Economist 5 Mar. 37/1 They will..outsit and outdrone their colleagues till they have their way.

1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Feb. c1 Players would sit and sit and outsit their opponents. They could sit for two three days. So they instituted the chess clock.