单词 | outrant |
释义 | outrantv. transitive. To rant more than; to surpass in ranting. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > excel or outdo in speaking out-talk1614 outrant1651 outsay1658 outspeak1658 overspeak1826 down-talk1901 1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd iii. 13 We Daedalus wing'd to fly from spire to spire, And Thunder fram'd out-ranted Jove's lowd fire. 1681 E. Hickeringill Char. Sham Plotter in Wks. (1716) I. 219 He has..Prophaneness enough to out-rant a Tory. 1857 Harper's Mag. July 265/2 Both, in their youth, out-ranted Exeter Hall itself in their professions of universal beneficence. 1907 T. Campbell Cherubs in Compl. Poet. Wks. 300 He robs me of my trade, outrants The blasphemy of Hell, and vaunts Himself the Lord's anointed! 1925 R. Graves Poetic Unreason xi. 239 It seems more than likely that he [sc. Shakespeare] determined to outrant Tamerlaine and at the same time to outgo Marlowe. 2001 Sun (Nexis) 13 Jan. While Advocaat and Campbell outrant each other on the touchline, Brechin directors probably won't be watching the game. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1651 |
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