Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To present publicly; exhibit openly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, archaic To
show orpresent publicly;exhibit openly. - verb transitive To
surpass orexceed inshowing ;exceed in being shown, especially incontest ,competition , orrivalry . - noun That which is shown openly, evinced, or revealed.
Etymologies
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From out- + show.
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Examples
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Truth and Light outshow; but the ripe time pending,
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Venus nearly down in the west, of a size and lustre as if trying to outshow herself, before departing.
Scenes on Ferry and River—Last Winter’s Nights. Specimen Days 1892
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Venus nearly down in the west, of a size and lustre as if trying to outshow herself, before departing.
Specimen Days; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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Venus nearly down in the west, of a size and lustre as if trying to outshow herself, before departing.
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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