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Definition of Outact
1. v. t. To do or beyond; to exceed in acting.
Definition of Outact
1. Verb. (transitive) To act (play a role in theatre, film etc.) better than. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outact
1. to surpass in acting [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outact
Literary usage of Outact
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)
"... to the end ; loudly ; in an errour ; at a loss [expulsion Out, Aut. int.
an expression of abhorrence or outact, AAt-Skt'. ra to do beyond Outbalance, ..."
2. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851)
"... sometimes called consuls, sometimes dictators, and sometimes tribunes of the
people, to outact all the flagitious enormities of an absolute monarchy. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... signifies something beyond or more than another ; but sometimes it betokens
emission, exclusion, or something external. To outact, (rnu-akt) va To do ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"28, that no mention is made of any of the tlii^fs of the Midianites during the
early part of the «lory, or indeed until Gideon actually come» into (outact ..."
5. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"... Clarke could outact her; yet Mary Gannon could always win the lion's share of
applause. A glance, a peal of laughter, a graceful turn of her head, ..."
6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1853)
"It consists in classifying the senses by their ncreasing speciality,—beginning
with the universal sense of outact, or touch, and proceeding by degrees to ..."
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