outˈfrown, v.
[out- 23 a, 18 c.]
trans. To outdo in frowning; to frown down, overbear by frowning.
1605 Shakes. Lear v. iii. 6 My selfe could else out-frowne false Fortunes frowne. 1807 W. H. Ireland Mod. Ship Fools 61 note, It is only the base-born churl, like Thomas à Becket, that would out-frown the brow of majesty. |