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Definition of Outsing
1. v. t. To surpass in singing.
Definition of Outsing
1. Verb. To sing better, longer or louder than another ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outsing
1. to surpass in singing [v -SANG, -SUNG, -SINGING, -SINGS] - See also: singing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsing
Literary usage of Outsing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phonographic Dictionary and Phrase Book by Benn Pitman, Jerome Bird Howard (1901)
"... in own (see our) и that in one (sec that) и the in matter (cp. in the) M them
и themselves и this in one (sec this) u us u which outsid'er з . outsing' ..."
2. Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God in the by Henry Duncan (1847)
"... appearance of the other, to give voice to his best song, and to endeavor to
outsing him, since he could not get at him to engage in personal conflict. ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"... accepted methods and vocabularies; for the new poet felt it as a challenge
and an artistic reproach that, as he said in ' Dolores,' ' Old poets outsing ..."
4. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"О Pan, dear Pan ! come forth from out the dark The silver tankards hang in place
Along the wall; across her kuee Of those dream days; outsing our thrush and ..."
5. The Bookman (1896)
"... should outsing him that day in Coleshill. Down the centre of the kiik ran a
long table, covered with pure white linen, bleached in the June showers and ..."
6. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1872)
"... possibly, for some years to come, he would have been looked upon as a poet
destined to outsing the loftiest and the sweetest of the land ; but he lived ..."
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