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Definition of Outreason
1. v. t. To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
Definition of Outreason
1. Verb. (transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outreason
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outreason
Literary usage of Outreason
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"Pasar más adelanto que otro ó tomarle la delantera: pasar más allá de lo que se
debe. outreason [ant-rlz'-nl, ra. Discurrir mejor que otro. ..."
2. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: I. In Nine Discourses by John Henry Newman (1891)
"... its Revelation can change ; when human reason can outreason the Omniscient,
then may it supersede His work. ..."
3. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"... to outreason them in it, and wrest them by reason of vour authority to bow to
it, or first show your ovn opinion in a matter, and ihen ask theirs; alas, ..."
4. Shaker Sermons: Scripto-rational. Containing the Substance of Shaker by Harvey L. Eads (1879)
"Thus do those sophists outreason themselves. But candor compels me to admit the
reasoning to be good from the premises assumed ; and were the postulate true ..."
5. History of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign by Rufus Anderson (1872)
"When he found that they could outreason him, he said, rather petulantly, * What
is the use of your talking? I only called you to sign this paper. ..."
6. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1865)
"The enemies of the gospel think to outface us, and to outreason us, and think
they have the victory, but at the latter day he will come on purpose to ..."