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Definition of Outran
1. outrun [v] - See also: outrun
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outran
Literary usage of Outran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Mrs. Coghlan, (daughter of the Late Major Moncrieffe) by Coghlan (Margaret Moncrieffe) (1794)
"... outran my own extravagance—and it was only the derangement of his affairs,
that could have put a period to them. While with Mr. Giffard, my humble roof ..."
2. History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving by Thomas Prentice Kettell (1865)
"... should prove true, since the wants of the civilized world in that particular
iar outran the capacity of the South to supply. ..."
3. History of the Battle of Bunker's (Breed's) Hill, on June 17, 1775: From by George Edward Ellis (1875)
"We must lament, as all his contemporaries lamented, that his heroism outran his
prudence, and would not be restrained by duty in another direction. ..."
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