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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
out-top .
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Examples
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But we must pass them by, to emphasize a quality that out-tops and outshines them all, -- his humanity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various
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The magic vista is golden to the coming of the twilight, and the sunset builds a gaudy tower that out-tops the dawn.
Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Julia McCune Flory 1906
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Whether we can faithfully take to heart and follow all the teaching of this "old Man eloquent" will long remain a subject of debate, but no one can rise from his works without recognising a moral grandeur in him that far out-tops the very human flaws that may even serve to make him more penetrative to our own imperfect hearts.
Great Testimony against scientific cruelty Stephen Coleridge 1895
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On the south alone, it keeps rising until it not only out-tops the Castle but looks down on Arthur's
Edinburgh Picturesque Notes Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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On the south alone, it keeps rising, until it not only out-tops the Castle, but looks down on Arthur's Seat.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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"You have measured my conceit and know that it out-tops all your advantages."
Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849
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"Enough, Denis, that's sufficient; and now, between you and me, I say your son will be the load-star of Maynooth, winch out-tops anything I said of him yet."
Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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The land, except in some places close to the sea, is all of a considerable height, and hilly; but Mount Edgcumbe far out-tops all the other hills.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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On the south alone, it keeps rising until it not only out-tops the Castle but looks down on Arthur’s Seat.
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