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Definition of Outspeak
1. v. t. To exceed in speaking.
Definition of Outspeak
1. Verb. (intransitive) To speak out or aloud. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To declare; utter; express; vocalise. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outspeak
1. to outdo in speaking [v -SPOKE, -SPOKEN, -SPEAKING, -SPEAKS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outspeak
Literary usage of Outspeak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages Based Upon that of by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, John Davenport, Guglielmo Comelati (1873)
"To outspeak, va (pasa, outspoke, part, outspoken,) parlare più di. ... ¡Ii-l
verbo to outspeak. ..."
2. A new dictionary of the Italian and English languages, based upon that of by John Davenport, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, Guglielmo Comelati (1854)
"To outspeak, va (pass, outspoke, part, outspoken,) parlare più di. ... -spoken,
pass, e part, del verbo to outspeak. ..."
3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"... one's tongue. break silence ; open one's -lips, — mouth ; lift -, raise- one's
voice ; give -, wag- the- tongue ; talk, outspeak ; put in a word or two. ..."
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