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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.