outwrite, v.
(aʊtˈraɪt)
[out- 18, 17, 15 b.]
1. trans. To surpass or excel in writing; to write better than.
| 1643 T. Coleman Serm. in Kerr Covenants & Cov. (1895) 180 You outwrite your copy. 1671 Shadwell Humorist Epil. 30 He would with ease all Poets else out-write. 1711 Steele Spect. No. 96 ¶4 My half-Education and Love of idle Books, made me outwrite all that made Love to her by way of Epistle. 1888 [see outread 2]. |
2. To get over or beyond by writing.
| 1837 Disraeli Venetia iv. viii, These wild opinions of his,..He will outwrite them. 1852 Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Friendships Miss M. (1882) II. x. 168 It was a miserable feeling. At last I out-wrote it. |
3. refl. To write oneself out, exhaust one's powers of writing. rare.
| 1883 Manch. Exam. 22 Nov. 5/5 The music..has all Offenbach's charm of tone and melody. He has clearly not out⁓written himself yet. |