verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To serve more or better than. transitive

   "Even the National Provincial Bank, the Company's bankers, believed that he had outserved his time."

Example

More examples

"Even the National Provincial Bank, the Company's bankers, believed that he had outserved his time."

Etymology

From out- + serve.

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