outtell en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + tell.
Meanings
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(transitive) To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.
I have out-told the clock.
c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outtold | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outtold | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outtelling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outtells | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |