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Webster 1913 Edition
Outward
Out′ward
,Adj.
1.
Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; – opposed to
inward
; as, an
. outward
garment or layerThough our
outward
man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Cor. iv. 16.
2.
Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
“Sins outward.” Chaucer.
An
outward
honor for an inward toil. Shakespeare
3.
Foreign; not civil or intestine;
as, an
. outward
war[Obs.]
Hayward.
4.
Tending to the exterior or outside.
The fire will force its
– outward
way. Dryden.
Out′ward-ly
, adv.
Out′ward-ness
, Noun.
Out′ward
,Noun.
External form; exterior.
[R.]
So fair an
outward
and such stuff within. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Outward
OUT'WARD
,Adj.
1.
External; exterior; forming the superficial part; as the outward coat of an onion; an outward garment.2.
External; visible; opposed to inward; as outward hate.3.
Extrinsic; adventitious.And outward honor for an inward toil.
4.
Foreign; not intestine; as an outward war. [Not now used. We now say, external or foreign war.]5.
Tending to the exterior part.The fire will force its outward way.
6.
In Scripture, civil; public; as opposed to religious. 1Chron. 24.7.
In theology, carnal; fleshly; corporeal; not spiritual; as the outward man.OUT'WARD
,Noun.
OUT'WARD
,Definition 2024
outward
outward
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
outward (comparative more outward, superlative most outward)
- outer; located towards the outside
- visible, noticeable
- By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems.
- Tending to the exterior or outside.
- Dryden
- The fire will force its outward way.
- Dryden
- (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
- an outward war
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hayward to this entry?)
Translations
outer; located towards the outside
Adverb
outward (comparative more outward, superlative most outward)
- Towards the outside; away from the centre. [from 10thc.]
- We are outward bound.
- Shakespeare
- The wrong side may be turned outward.
- (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly. [14th-17thc.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter iij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
- ANd thenne the quene lete make a preuy dyner in london vnto the knyȝtes of the round table / and al was for to shewe outward that she had as grete Ioye in al other knyghtes of the table round as she had in sir launcelot / al only at that dyner she had sir Gawayne and his bretheren
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter iij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
Translations
toward the outside; away from the centre
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
outward (third-person singular simple present outwards, present participle outwarding, simple past and past participle outwarded)
- (obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:
- Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1: