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outstrike

verb

Etymology

From out- + strike.

  1. derived from *streyg-✻ — “to stroke, rub, press”
  2. inherited from *strīkaną✻
  3. inherited from *strīkan✻
  4. inherited from strīcan
  5. inherited from stryken
  6. prefixed as outstrike — “out + strike”

Definitions

  1. To strike faster or harder than.

    • […] This blows my heart: If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do’t, I feel.
    • Solyman. […] Few Rhodian Knights, making their several stands, Out-strike Assemblies of our many Hands.

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