Outray

//aʊtˈɹeɪ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To spread out in array. obsolete

    "And now they outray to your fleet."

  2. 2
    To outshine. obsolete

    "Cerberus doth barke, Whom Theseus dyd affraye, Whom Hercules dyd outraye, As famous poetes say; […]"

Example

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"And now they outray to your fleet."

Etymology

From out- + ray.

Related phrases

spread out

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