outfightv.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈfʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈfaɪt/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle outfought;

Forms: see out- prefix and fight v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, fight v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + fight v.The word apparently became obsolete during the Old English period, was re-formed in the late 14th cent. (probably after classical Latin expugnāre expugn v.), and then re-formed again in the 17th cent.

†1. intransitive. To fight one's way out. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) v. 50 Gif hie [sc. cirican] fahmon geierne oððe geærne, þæt hine seofan nihtum nan mon ut ne teo..gif he for hungre libban mæge, buton he self utfeohte.

†2. transitive. To take by assault; to subdue, conquer, overcome. Obsolete (in later use archaic and poetic).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome

overcomeeOE

shendc893

awinc1000

overwinOE

overheaveOE

to lay downa1225

mate?c1225

discomfitc1230

win1297

dauntc1300

cumber1303

scomfit1303

fenkc1320

to bear downc1330

confoundc1330

confusec1330

to do, put arrear1330

oversetc1330

vanquishc1330

conquerc1374

overthrowc1375

oppressc1380

outfighta1382

to put downa1382

discomfortc1384

threshc1384

vencuea1400

depressc1400

venque?1402

ding?a1425

cumrayc1425

to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425

to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430

distrussc1430

supprisec1440

ascomfita1450

to do stress?c1450

victorya1470

to make (win) a conquest1477

convanquish1483

conquest1485

defeat1485

oversailc1485

conques1488

discomfish1488

fulyie1488

distress1489

overpress1489

cravent1490

utter?1533

to give (a person) the overthrow1536

debel1542

convince1548

foil1548

out-war1548

profligate1548

proflige?c1550

expugnate1568

expugn1570

victor1576

dismay1596

damnify1598

triumph1605

convict1607

overman1609

thrash1609

beat1611

debellate1611

import1624

to cut to (or in) pieces1632

maitrise1636

worst1636

forcea1641

outfight1650

outgeneral1767

to cut up1803

smash1813

slosh1890

ream1918

hammer1948

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Josh. x. 35 Iosue..wente from lachis vnto Eglon and enuyronede & out fauȝte [a1425 L.V. ouercam; L. expugnavit] hit þe same day.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. iv. 33 God shal outfiȝte [a1382 Douce 369(1) outfiȝten; L. expugnabit] or ouercomme for þee þyn enemys.

1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. i Men. It seemes then the Senses meane to fight it out. App. I and out-fight themselues I thinke, and all about a trifle, a paltrie bable, found I know not where.

a1702 E. Sherburne Poems & Transl. (1961) 106 But Thou hast so out-fought Thy selfe that time, Will thinke such Actions could be none of Thine.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. ix. 149 Then the Cicones bore us aback and outfought the Achsæn men.

3. transitive. To fight better than; to beat in a fight.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome

overcomeeOE

shendc893

awinc1000

overwinOE

overheaveOE

to lay downa1225

mate?c1225

discomfitc1230

win1297

dauntc1300

cumber1303

scomfit1303

fenkc1320

to bear downc1330

confoundc1330

confusec1330

to do, put arrear1330

oversetc1330

vanquishc1330

conquerc1374

overthrowc1375

oppressc1380

outfighta1382

to put downa1382

discomfortc1384

threshc1384

vencuea1400

depressc1400

venque?1402

ding?a1425

cumrayc1425

to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425

to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430

distrussc1430

supprisec1440

ascomfita1450

to do stress?c1450

victorya1470

to make (win) a conquest1477

convanquish1483

conquest1485

defeat1485

oversailc1485

conques1488

discomfish1488

fulyie1488

distress1489

overpress1489

cravent1490

utter?1533

to give (a person) the overthrow1536

debel1542

convince1548

foil1548

out-war1548

profligate1548

proflige?c1550

expugnate1568

expugn1570

victor1576

dismay1596

damnify1598

triumph1605

convict1607

overman1609

thrash1609

beat1611

debellate1611

import1624

to cut to (or in) pieces1632

maitrise1636

worst1636

forcea1641

outfight1650

outgeneral1767

to cut up1803

smash1813

slosh1890

ream1918

hammer1948

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xlix. 17) 378 He could, if not outfight his enemies, outwit them.

1675 H. N. Payne Siege of Constantinople iii. 41 Faith, there's no coming Within the length on's Sword: yet this I'le boast, Though he out-fights us, we out-run him much.

1814 Sporting Mag. 44 167 He out-fought his adversary left and right.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 77 When a man repeats his blows more fast and heavy than his opponent, the latter is ‘out-fought’.

1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xlv. 339 The elder general both out-manœuvred and out-fought the younger.

1944 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Aug. 8/3 Here again, as in northern France, the enemy has been outmaneuvred as well as outfought.

1992 Business Mag. Summer 22/3 Discover how you can outwit, outflank and outfight your competitors.

Derivatives

ˈoutfought adj.

ΚΠ

1890 Catholic World Aug. 629 A struggle in which wearied, foot-sore, starving, outfought men battled in the shadow of defeat.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xii. 189 Our out-fought enemy [sc. a squall] only a blot upon the leeward sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outfight
释义	outfightv. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈfʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈfaɪt/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle outfought; Forms: see out- prefix and fight v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, fight v. Etymology: < out- prefix + fight v.The word apparently became obsolete during the Old English period, was re-formed in the late 14th cent. (probably after classical Latin expugnāre expugn v.), and then re-formed again in the 17th cent. †1. intransitive. To fight one's way out. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) v. 50 Gif hie [sc. cirican] fahmon geierne oððe geærne, þæt hine seofan nihtum nan mon ut ne teo..gif he for hungre libban mæge, buton he self utfeohte. †2. transitive. To take by assault; to subdue, conquer, overcome. Obsolete (in later use archaic and poetic). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Josh. x. 35 Iosue..wente from lachis vnto Eglon and enuyronede & out fauȝte [a1425 L.V. ouercam; L. expugnavit] hit þe same day. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. iv. 33 God shal outfiȝte [a1382 Douce 369(1) outfiȝten; L. expugnabit] or ouercomme for þee þyn enemys. 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. i Men. It seemes then the Senses meane to fight it out. App. I and out-fight themselues I thinke, and all about a trifle, a paltrie bable, found I know not where. a1702 E. Sherburne Poems & Transl. (1961) 106 But Thou hast so out-fought Thy selfe that time, Will thinke such Actions could be none of Thine. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. ix. 149 Then the Cicones bore us aback and outfought the Achsæn men. 3. transitive. To fight better than; to beat in a fight. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xlix. 17) 378 He could, if not outfight his enemies, outwit them. 1675 H. N. Payne Siege of Constantinople iii. 41 Faith, there's no coming Within the length on's Sword: yet this I'le boast, Though he out-fights us, we out-run him much. 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 167 He out-fought his adversary left and right. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 77 When a man repeats his blows more fast and heavy than his opponent, the latter is ‘out-fought’. 1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xlv. 339 The elder general both out-manœuvred and out-fought the younger. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Aug. 8/3 Here again, as in northern France, the enemy has been outmaneuvred as well as outfought. 1992 Business Mag. Summer 22/3 Discover how you can outwit, outflank and outfight your competitors. Derivatives ˈoutfought adj. ΚΠ 1890 Catholic World Aug. 629 A struggle in which wearied, foot-sore, starving, outfought men battled in the shadow of defeat. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xii. 189 Our out-fought enemy [sc. a squall] only a blot upon the leeward sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.eOE
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