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Definition of Outnumbering
1. outnumber [v] - See also: outnumber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outnumbering
Literary usage of Outnumbering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"... in order,' as he says, ' to prevent the many ill consequences that may be 'justly
apprehended, from the said assistants outnumbering the ' eaid society. ..."
2. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"The Turks strongly reinforced during the night, and now outnumbering the British
four to one, flung themselves against the British line repeatedly, ..."
3. Guardian Spirits: A Case of Vision Into the Spiritual World, Tr. from the by Heinrich Werner (1847)
"Who can reckon up all the proofs of love which Thy Fatherly kindness has shown
me, far outnumbering the sands that lie by the sea-shore 1 (A pause. ..."
4. Salmon Portland Chase by Albert Bushnell Hart (1899)
"The Black Laws were repealed, the Democratic votes for repeal greatly outnumbering
the Whig, and the Whig votes against repeal outnumbering the Democratic. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1884)
"vanee in a thin skirmish line, with flanks unprotected, against savages outnumbering
him by live to one. After this another change came over the spirit of ..."
6. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Franklin Lafayette Riley, Mississippi Historical Society (1901)
"These three divisions by the April return numbered 16653 men, so that Pemberton
found himself, with a force outnumbering him in his front, being compelled ..."
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