Definition of Outread

1. to surpass in reading [v -READ, -READING, -READS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outread

outrating
outrave
outraved
outraves
outraving
outray
outrayed
outraying
outrays
outre
outreach
outreached
outreaches
outreaching
outreachs
outread (current term)
outreading
outreads
outreason
outreasoned
outreasoning
outreasons
outrebound
outrebounded
outrebounding
outrebounds
outreckon
outreckoned
outreckoning
outreckons

Literary usage of Outread

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Niagara Historical Society (1896)
"William outread was buried Jan 6th. Joan ye wife of Thomas Blake Mar 7th. Ellen Young was Buried Apr 28th. Priscilla wife of Nicholas Matthews May Ist. ..."

2. Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker: Minister of the Twenty-eighth by John Weiss (1864)
"He pushed his way to Greece and Rome, and far outread the average for his years. If he made an evening visit, he would study till two or three o'clock in ..."

3. A treatise of equity by Henry Ballow, John Fonblanque (1820)
"These considerations induced Lord Cowper, C. in outread v. Round, 4 Vin. Ab. 203. pi. 4, to refuse to decree a specific performance of such a covenant, ..."

4. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Vendors and Purchasers of Estates by Edward Burtenshaw Sugden (1805)
"... (/) See Note to Hall v. 2 Ves. 5?. Hardy; outread v. Round, (g) Emery v. \Yase. , 8 Ves. 4 Vin. Abr. 203, pl. 4 ; 8 Ve«. Jun. 505. ..."

5. The Methodist Review (1873)
"Weiss writes of him, " He pushed his way to Greece and Rome, and far outread the average for his years." He claims also that he never laid aside any book ..."

6. Admiralty Decisions in the District Court of the United States, for the by Richard Peters, Francis Hopkinson (1807)
"... upon the common outread and hazard, before any of the owners shall be allowed to separate and discharge their parts; but by the laws of England, ..."

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