outpass, v.
(aʊtˈpɑːs, -æ-)
[out- 17, 18.]
1. trans. To pass out of (bounds), beyond (a limit).
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxv. 252 The water of Thamys..dyd moch harme by outpassynge his boundys in dyuerse places. 1635 Quarles Embl. iv. i. v, Sometimes my trash disdaining thoughts out-pass The common period of terrene conceit. 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man bec. Guilty 366 Not to out-passe it's bounds. 1928 J. H. Mozley tr. Statius I. 47 Mayst thou outpass the limits of old Nestor's age. 1929 R. Bridges Testament of Beauty iv. 150 That fadeth only as it outpasseth mortal sight. |
2. fig. To surpass, go beyond (in any quality).
| 1594 Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits xii. (1596) 183 So great was the knowledge and wisedome which Salomon receiued of God, that he outpassed al the Ancients. 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. Pref. 8 Germany, in every instance, out-passed even its former exertions. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Mystics I. vi. i. 149 That the poorest beggar may outpass in wisdom and in blessedness all the Popes of Christendom. 1930 New Statesman 28 June 360/1 Parties which have historically played their part..but now find themselves outpassed by newer parties. |