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单词 outgeneral
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outgeneralv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˌaʊtˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /aʊtˈdʒɛnər(ə)l/, /aʊtˈdʒɛnr(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, general v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + general v.
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).
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