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Definition of Outsee
1. v. t. To see beyond; to excel in cer&?;ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.
Definition of Outsee
1. Verb. (transitive) To see beyond; to surpass in foresight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outsee
1. to see beyond [v -SAW, -SEEN, -SEEING, -SEES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsee
Literary usage of Outsee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in English and American Literature, from Chaucer to the Present Time by Albert Newton Raub (1882)
"This earnestness enables them to outsee men of much more talent. ... Give the
meaning of outsee. 60, 61. derived to us. Criticise. 63. their side. ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... sits close to the flying ball; The date fails not on the palm-tree tall; And
thou,—go burn thy wormy pages,— Shalt outsee seers, and outwit sages. ..."
3. The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop (1883)
"... outsee seers, and outwit sages. Oft didst thou thread the woods in vain To
find what bird had piped the strain; — Seek not, and the little eremite Flies ..."
4. Religio Medici: A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-burial, and by Sir Thomas Browne, James Thomas Fields (1862)
"Luke discoursed with Lazarus in Abraham's bosom, do too grossly conceive of those
glorified creatures, whose eyes shall easily outsee the sun, ..."
5. The Dial by Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley (1842)
"The date fails not on the palmtree tall, The shadow sits close to the flying
ball, And thou — go burn thy wormy pages,— Shall outsee the seer, ..."
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