Outstrike

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To strike faster or harder than. transitive

    "[…] This blows my heart: If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do’t, I feel."

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"[…] This blows my heart: If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do’t, I feel."

Etymology

From out- + strike.

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