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Webster 1913 Edition


Outshine

Out-shine′

,
Verb.
I.
To shine forth.
“Bright, outshining beams.”
Shak.

Out-shine′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To surpass in splendor, excellence, or achievement.
A throne of royal state, which far
Outshone
the wealth of Ormus and of Ind.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outshine

OUTSHI'NE

, v.t.
1.
To send forth brightness or luster.
2.
To excel in luster or excellence; as Homer outshines all other poets.

Definition 2024


outshine

outshine

English

Verb

outshine (third-person singular simple present outshines, present participle outshining, simple past and past participle outshone or outshined)

  1. to shine brighter than something else
  2. to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
    • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
      Four minutes later Walcott, who until then had been redundant as a lone striker owing to one-star service, was given his first decent pass of the game and duly took his chance to outshine the Senegalese, springing a poorly conceived offside trap to collect Lukas Podolski's ball and stroke a low 15-yard shot past Tim Krul and into the far corner.
  3. To shine forth.
    • Shakespeare
      Bright, outshining beams.