outmeasure en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + measure.
Meanings
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(transitive) To exceed in quantity or extent.
Down, downward they went, and yet further down—their descent at each step seeming to outmeasure their advance.
1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, “The Halt on the Turnpike-road”, in The Return of the Native […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC, book I (The Three Women), page 73:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outmeasured | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outmeasured | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outmeasuring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outmeasures | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |