outˈpray, v.
[out- 18, 18 c.]
1. trans. To outdo in praying, excel in prayer.
| 1593 Shakes. Rich. II, v. iii. 109 Our prayers do out-pray his. 1666 Dryden Ann. Mirab. cclxi, He..Outweeps an hermit, and outprays a saint. 1841–4 Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. iv. (1876) 105 He will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field. |
2. To overcome by prayer, pray (something) to an end or out of existence.
| a 1853 Robertson Serm. Ser. iv. lv. (1863) 415 Outpray,—outpreach,—outlive the calumny. |