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outsum en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + sum.

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To exceed in number or quantity.
   • May thirtieth — I thank thee O Lord, in that thou hast made our support fund to outsum the preceding year by $2500. We received thru thy graciousness, $34,800. 1937, William Plumer Jacobs, Thornwell Jacobs, Diary of William Plumer Jacobs, page 461:
   • She kept her faith; though Odo came by day With missions from the castle that outsummed His several hairs, and were of less respect; […] 1852, George Henry Boker, The Podesta's Daughter, and Other Miscellaneous Poems, page 38:
2. (transitive) To exceed in total; outweigh
   • Nicholas quickly snatched it from the boy and returned it to its place. "Its value outsums any amount you can imagine." 1985, Kay McMahon, Wild Rapture, page 65:
   • No one else cared for him; but he had an instinct that her great love for him outsummed all he could hope from others. 1851, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Stuart of Dunleath, page 127:

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Synonyms

outnumber