outname

verb — 2 senses

outname

verb

Etymology From out- + name.

1

Obsolete To exceed in naming or describing.

2

Obsolete To exceed in fame or degree.

  • And found out one to out-name thy other faults.c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene iv:

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