Outhire

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To hire out. obsolete, rare, transitive

    "When good was onely for it selfe desyred, / And all men sought their owne, and none no more; / When Iustice was not for most meed outhyred, / But simple Truth did rayne, and was of all admyred."

Example

More examples

"When good was onely for it selfe desyred, / And all men sought their owne, and none no more; / When Iustice was not for most meed outhyred, / But simple Truth did rayne, and was of all admyred."

Etymology

From out- + hire.

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