outsum
verbEtymology From out- + sum.
1
Archaic To exceed in number or quantity.
- She kept her faith; though Odo came by day With missions from the castle that outsummed His several hairs, and were of less respect; […]1852, George Henry Boker, The Podesta's Daughter, and Other Miscellaneous Poems, page 38:
- May thirtieth — I thank thee O Lord, in that thou hast made our support fund to outsum the preceding year by $2500. We received thru thy graciousness, $34,800.1937, William Plumer Jacobs, Thornwell Jacobs, Diary of William Plumer Jacobs, page 461:
2
To exceed in total; outweigh
- No one else cared for him; but he had an instinct that her great love for him outsummed all he could hope from others.1851, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Stuart of Dunleath, page 127:
- Nicholas quickly snatched it from the boy and returned it to its place. "Its value outsums any amount you can imagine."1985, Kay McMahon, Wild Rapture, page 65:
- Synonyms
- outnumber