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outcompass en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + compass (“limit”).

Meanings

1. (dated, rare, transitive) To exceed the limits of; to surpass, transcend or go beyond.
   • "It is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity of knowledge, how large soever, lest it should make it swell or out-compass itself; no, but it is merely the quality of knowledge, which, be it in quantity more or less, if it be taken without the true corrective thereof, hath in it some nature of venom or malignity, and some effects of that venom, which is ventosity or swelling." 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning:

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Synonyms

exceed · transcend · surpass