单词 | outgeneral |
释义 | outgeneralv. 1. transitive. Military. To outdo or defeat in generalship; to get the better of by superior military skill; to outmanoeuvre. 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 society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > outmanoeuvre to steal a march1716 outgeneral1767 outmanoeuvre1796 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 202 How we were out-generalled indeed! 1776 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 231 In general, our Generals were outgeneraled on Long Island. 1834 New-Eng. Mag. Dec. 461 We attacked the English at Quatre Bras, and forced them back to Waterloo; there, too, Napoleon out-generaled them. 1897 Cent. Mag. Feb. 495 In these movements Lee was entirely outgeneraled. 1935 Amer. Hist. Rev. 41 165 Even in the crossing of the James, he feels that Lee was not outgeneraled or taken by surprise. 1993 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 21 416 The quintessential soldier of his age,..never outgeneraled, and conceding defeat only when overwhelmed by the immense resources of the Union. 2. transitive. In extended use: to get the better of by superior strategy or tactics. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] overcomeeOE forecomec1000 overwieldlOE masterc1225 overmaistrie1340 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 surmount1390 to have the fairer (of)c1400 maistriec1400 overmasterc1425 winc1440 overc1485 bestride1526 rixlec1540 overreach1555 control1567 overmate1567 govern1593 to give (a person) the lurch1598 get1600 to gain cope of1614 top1633 to fetch overa1640 down1641 to have the whip hand (of)1680 carberry1692 to cut down1713 to be more than a match for1762 outflank1773 outmaster1799 outgeneral1831 weather1834 best1839 fore-reach1845 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 scoop1850 euchrec1866 bemaster1871 negotiate1888 to do down1900 to get (someone) wetc1926 lick1946 1831 R. Sharp Diary 24 Apr. (1997) 308 The old General has out generalled the Ministers, but it is hoped it is only to make way for more liberal minded men. 1859 J. S. Mill in Fraser's Mag. 60 767/1 A nation which thinks of nothing but of outwitting and outgeneralling its neighbours. 1910 J. Driscoll Ringcraft 14 He was the better boxer and the stronger man, but was outgeneralled during two-thirds of the bout. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iii. ii. 184 At last he outgeneralled himself with his own strategy:..even his father admitted that there was nothing else about the farm for him to learn. 1995 Spectator 28 Jan. 6/1 Neil Kinnock..has outgeneralled us all. He has not moved..into a mansion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1767 |
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