Outsight

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation. countable, uncountable

    "When we live by outsight, we become submissive to fate."

  2. 2
    Expectation; prospect. countable, uncountable

    "Yet we sail toward it grasping The outsight which we know is there."

  3. 3
    Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry. Scotland, countable, uncountable

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observationobservation

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"When we live by outsight, we become submissive to fate."

Etymology

From out- + sight. Cognate with Dutch uitzicht (“view, prospect, outlook”), German Aussicht (“view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective”), Swedish utsikt (“view, outlook, prospect”).

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