Definition of Outsweeps

1. outsweep [v] - See also: outsweep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsweeps

outsulk
outsulked
outsulking
outsulks
outsum
outsummed
outsums
outsung
outswam
outsware
outswear
outswearing
outswears
outsweep
outsweeping
outsweeps (current term)
outsweeten
outsweetened
outsweetening
outsweetens
outswell
outswelled
outswelling
outswells
outswept
outswimming
outswims
outswing
outswinger

Literary usage of Outsweeps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"But "the eye of the soul" outsweeps the telescope, and finds, not only in the heavens, but everywhere, the presence that is eternal. ..."

2. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1871)
"... under burning skies, outsweeps the plain. The bleating and the tinkling bells Show where, about the water's brink, The peasant women watch the sheep ..."

3. The Disciple and Other Poems by George Macdonald (1868)
"If a man withstand—outsweeps my brand- I slay him upon the spot. But is this my calling ? Dare I slay Another such as I ? My hands have not been clean alway ..."

4. Phantom Club Papers by Phantom Club (1906)
"But "the eye of the soul" outsweeps the telescope, and finds, not only in the heavens, but everywhere, the presence that is eternal. ..."

5. The Progress of Learning: A Poem, Delivered at the Celebration of the by George Lansing Taylor (1887)
"Our Davies' three-legged nothing's integration outsweeps sublimest winged imagination ! The mind leaps forth in logical ecstatics, To dance the waltz of ..."

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