▪ I. ˈoutˌbreaking, vbl. n.
[out- 9.]
A breaking or bursting out: see break out in break v. 55.
| c 1425 Foundat. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 15 Whate fastidious outbrekyngys hadde temptid hym. 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 187 Valentinianus Augustus..deide in a manere outbrekynge of his veynes. 1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 41 He..is (by the fresh out breaking of her beauty) captivated. 1721 E. Erskine Wks. (1871) I. 104 They are free of gross outbreakings, being no common drunkards, swearers or Sabbathbreakers. 1838 Thirlwall Greece xx. III. 135 The place of its first outbreaking..indicates that the contagion came from abroad. |
▪ II. ˈoutˌbreaking, ppl. a.
[out- 10.]
That breaks or bursts out: see prec.
| 1601 Daniel Civ. Wars vii. i, Disordinate Authoritie..durst not to proceed With an outbreaking course. 1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vii. 176 Denoted by the outbreaking sore. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iv. i, Immeasurable, manifold; as the sound of outbreaking waters. |