outsoar

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ soar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊtˈsɔː(ɹ)/, (without horse–hoarse merger) /aʊtˈsoə(ɹ)/

Verb

outsoar (third-person singular simple present outsoars, present participle outsoaring, simple past and past participle outsoared)

1. (transitive) To soar beyond or above.
   • 1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Second”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 83:

     [T]here's plenty hint / Your pinions have received of late a shock— / Out-soar them, cobswan of the silver flock!

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “outsoar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)