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Definition of Outbrazen
1. v. t. To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence.
Definition of Outbrazen
1. Verb. (transitive) To bear down with a brazen face. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To surpass in impudence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outbrazen
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outbrazen
Literary usage of Outbrazen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English by John Walker (1823)
"... Ait-brive'. ra to bear down outbrazen, Ait-bri'zn. ra to bear down Outcast,
... outbrazen ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1845)
"Madame Hahn-Hahn does not parade this equivocal matter, as if determined to
outbrazen all opinion—on the contrary, she alludes to it so seldom, ..."
3. Sophocles by Sophocles, Robert Whitelaw (1883)
"Od. If lying brings us safety, surely not. Ne. Why, with what face shall I
outbrazen this ? no Od. From profitable deeds one must not shrink. Ne. ..."
4. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In by John Walker (1822)
"... va To bear down, outbrazen, out-bra'zn, v, я. То bear down with impudence,
surpass in impudence, Outbreak, ..."
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