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1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice f. 113^v So hath a Painter licence too, to paint A Saint-like face, till it the Saint out saint.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 276 He hath out-villain'd villanie so farre, that the raritie redeemes him. View more context for this quotation

1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 71 My answer is, that those Puritans were weak men in Old England, and strong in New England, where they out-pop'd the Pope, out-king'd the King, and out-bishop'd the Bishops.

1817 S. Beazley My Uncle 24 Permit me to express my joy, my gratitude, my pleasure, at the first sight of an Uncle, who has out-Uncled all other Uncles, in his goodness to his nephews.

1828 Examiner 790/2 Here was balderdash out~balderdashed.

1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. 114 An attempt to out-infidel the infidel.

a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 53 The few who rushed in the body to enter hell, And there out-fiending all its fiends and flames With superhuman inhumanities.

1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 24 Jan. e 1/1 The danger is that President Clinton will overcompensate for his perceived shortcomings—he will out-hawk the hawks and schmooze the brokers.