The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outgo \Out*go"\, v. t. [imp. Outwent; p. p. Outgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgoing.]
To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.
To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.]
--Denham.
Outwent \Out*went"\, imp. of Outgo.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple pastoutgo)
WordNet
n. money paid out [syn: expenditure, outlay] [ant: income]
v. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform]
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Usage examples of "outwent".
Lady Prezmyra, who outwent the rest in beauty and queenliness as Venus the lesser planets of the night.
Plankin was coming so fast that he outwent even the dwarf, who indeed seemed to pause and totter as it took there the first step, so that the others all broke out around it, and came first to the invisible barrier.
Cheaping Knowe, and thus outwent us while we were fetching that compass to give them the go-by: wherefore I deem that some great man is with them, else had they gone back to town for new orders.
By his marriages Home far outwent such famous charlatans as Cagliostro, Mesmer, and the mysterious Saint Germain the deathless.
And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
As a bird that had been frighted from its nest, my affections outwent my haste, and hovered round my little fireside with all the rapture of expectation.
I was afraid of a young woman and a man past his prime, because they outwent me in imagination.