outvoicev.
/ˌaʊtˈvɔɪs/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈvɔɪs/ transitive. To speak louder than; to drown out (a noise, etc.) with the voice. Also in extended use.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (transitive)] > surpass in loudness or drown
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > impart specific tone or quality [verb (transitive)] > raise voice > surpass in loudness of voice
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1612 N. Field Woman a Weather-cocke v. i On Parson on, and Boy out-voice the Musicke.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. 0. 10 Men, Wiues, and Boyes, Whose shouts & claps out-voyce the deep-mouth'd Sea.
1668 J. Glanvill Blow at Mod. Sadducism Pref. sig. A4 They are sure to be out-voiced by the rout of ignorant contemners.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vi. vii. 295 He..outvoiced their angry cries with loud rebukes of their cowardice.
1871 Galaxy Aug. 216/2 She cries—shrieks rather—in vain efforts to outvoice the rattling of the cab.
1965 C. E. Blocker Two-year College i. 17 The proponents of the two-year college have frequently been outnumbered and outvoiced by their opponents among university personnel.
1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. a35/5 The old American confidence and generosity are often outvoiced now by moans of alarm.
2000 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 5 May 4 Opponents to open-cut coalmining in the Scone Shire outvoiced supporters at a public hearing in the town last night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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