outshow

verb
/aʊtˈʃəʊ/UK/aʊtˈʃoʊ/US

Etymology

From Middle English outschewen. Compare Dutch uitschouwen (“to view, see”), German ausschauen (“to look, appear; to look out”). By surface analysis, out- + show.

  1. inherited from outschewen

Definitions

  1. To show or present publicly

    To show or present publicly; exhibit openly.

    • He blushed to see another Sun below, / Ne durst again his fiery face outshow.
    • And yet the king did all their lookes outshow.
  2. To surpass or exceed in showing

    To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry.

    • Mazurka 13th, now owned by Mr. Streator, at ten years old Is dam of eight living calves at single births, and we don't know a cow of her age that can outshow her.
    • Surely it is not vainglory nor a desire simply to outshow other nations which lead to the enormous expenditures involved in every international exposition.
  3. The act of openly showing or revealing

    The act of openly showing or revealing; display; exhibition.

    • We deal only with the facts, the outshow of the theory to which we object.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An example.

      • For an outshow, the gang of water has two waterstuff unclefts bound to one sourstuff uncleft; the gang of rust has two iron and three sourstuff unclefts; [...]

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