outstrain

verb — 2 senses

outstrain

verb

Etymology From out- + strain.

1

To outdo by straining.

The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.1891, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine:

2

Poetic To strain or filter outward.

Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining, Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!c. 1887, George MacDonald, A Song For Christmas:

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