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outlance en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + lance.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To lance outward.
   • Before Dane had his glasses in focus, the outlancing strike of light was cut off, knife sharp. 2017, Kenneth F. Gantz, Not in Solitude (Revised Edition):
2. (transitive) To surpass in fighting or jousting with a lance.
   • I want some prince to challenge a knight who's a cad / And outlance the lad / To show me he's my hero. 1965, Barbara Fried, Sleeping Beauty: Or the Famous Rose Taboo, Musical, page 31:

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