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outcap

verb

Etymology

From out- + cap.

  1. derived from caput
  2. derived from cappa
  3. inherited from *kappā✻ — “covering, hood, mantle”
  4. inherited from cæppe
  5. inherited from cappe
  6. prefixed as outcap — “out- + cap”

Definitions

  1. To cap or top

    To cap or top; exceed.

    • I ſhall only inſtance in the Quakers, who of all People in the World apply themſelves moſt to the Reading of Scriptures: nay there is ſcarce a Quaker Woman, but ſhall outcap the ableſt Divine of any other Religion in Scripture Texts.
    • In rapping out oaths a cad outcaps a Chesterfield; scarcely bearable in a buss, oaths in type are too bad, and at such malice prepense printers' devils recoil.
    • The new myth certainly outcapped the Babeque fable, but why should they follow myths forever?

  2. To cap ("lie") more than.

    • A mean remark? Certainly, but I comforted myself by saying, "Everybody does it. Outcapping everyone else is the only way to survive."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA