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outswell en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + swell.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To exceed in swelling.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To swell beyond; to overflow.
   • I ſtand aboue thee, and as from a rocke / VVhoſe eminence outſvvelles the raging flood, / See thy hopes ſhip vvrackt: […] 1610, Iohn [i.e., John] Mason, The Turke. A Worthie Tragedie. […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Iohn Busbie […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature D2, verso:
   • Blovv, villain, till thy ſphered bias-cheek / Outſvvell the colic of puff'd Aquilon c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

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