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Definition of Outranks
1. outrank [v] - See also: outrank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outranks
Literary usage of Outranks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"None of these, taken as a whole, outranks Lowell's. Sonic are more musical in
parts, but not one is more musical in all parts, not one grander in thought, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1905)
"Georgia outranks all the States in the number and quality of her watermelons.
Geology and Mining.— There are three main geological divisions of Georgia. ..."
3. A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Superior Court of the Late by Territory of Orleans Superior court, Louisiana Court of Errors and Appeals, Louisiana Supreme Court (1861)
"One furnishing a vessel with supplies outranks her vendor. 10 L. 79. 4. The vendor
of a lot, on which the vendee builds, and the material-man will share the ..."
4. Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio Education Association (1879)
"Stone outranks scissors, scissors outranks paper, and again paper outranks stone.
If two persons wish to decide in this way which shall' perform a ..."
5. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1896)
"Who outranks Arnold Tompkins, the author of several high-grade books on pedagogy
... Who outranks Sarah E. Tarney-Campbell, who revised the Indiana readers, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar by Mississippi, Freemasons Utah. Knights Templars, Grand Commandery, Knights Templars, Freemasons (1877)
"The Standard Bearer outranks the Sword Bearer, and the Sword Bearer outranks the
Warder, and the Treasurer outranks the Recorder. 4. ..."
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