outlance

English

Etymology

out- +‎ lance

Verb

outlance (third-person singular simple present outlances, present participle outlancing, simple past and past participle outlanced)

1. (intransitive) To lance outward.
   • 2017, Kenneth F. Gantz, Not in Solitude (Revised Edition):

     Before Dane had his glasses in focus, the outlancing strike of light was cut off, knife sharp.

2. (transitive) To surpass in fighting or jousting with a lance.
   • 1965, Barbara Fried, Sleeping Beauty: Or the Famous Rose Taboo, Musical, page 31:

     I want some prince to challenge a knight who's a cad / And outlance the lad / To show me he's my hero.