Outshow

//aʊtˈʃəʊ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of openly showing or revealing; display; exhibition. uncountable

    "We deal only with the facts, the outshow of the theory to which we object."

  2. 2
    An example. uncountable

    "For an outshow, the gang of water has two waterstuff unclefts bound to one sourstuff uncleft; the gang of rust has two iron and three sourstuff unclefts; [...]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To show or present publicly; exhibit openly. transitive

    "He blushed to see another Sun below, / Ne durst again his fiery face outshow."

  2. 2
    To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry. transitive

    "Mazurka 13th, now owned by Mr. Streator, at ten years old Is dam of eight living calves at single births, and we don't know a cow of her age that can outshow her."

Example

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"He blushed to see another Sun below, / Ne durst again his fiery face outshow."

Etymology

From Middle English outschewen. Compare Dutch uitschouwen (“to view, see”), German ausschauen (“to look, appear; to look out”). By surface analysis, out- + show.

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