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Webster 1913 Edition


Outmantle

Out-man′tle

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Verb.
T.
To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress.
[R.]
And with poetic trappings grace thy prose,
Till it
outmantle
all the pride of verse.
Cowper.

Definition 2024


outmantle

outmantle

English

Verb

outmantle (third-person singular simple present outmantles, present participle outmantling, simple past and past participle outmantled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in mantling or in splendour, as of dress.
    And with poetic trappings grace thy prose, / Till it outmantle all the pride of verse. Cowper.