<B>outman</B> (1), transitive verb, <B>-manned,</B> <B>-manning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to surpass in manpower, or number of men. <BR> <I>Ex. Outmanned and outgunned, they still fought on bravely.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to surpass in manly qualities or achievements. </DL>
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<B>outman</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an outsider. </DL>
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<B>outmaneuver, </B>transitive verb, <B>-vered,</B> <B>-vering.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to outdo in maneuvering; get the better of by maneuvering. <BR> <I>Ex. Southerners were grateful for the help--and sore at the Republicans for outmaneuvering them (Time).</I> </DL>
<B>outmarch, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to outstrip or outdo in marching. </DL>
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<B>outmatch, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to overmatch; surpass; outdo. </DL>
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<B>out-migrant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who out-migrates. </DL>
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<B>out-migrate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-grated,</B> <B>-grating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to take part in an out-migration; move out of a community or area to live somewhere else. </DL>
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<B>out-migration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of moving out of an area, community, or locality to settle elsewhere. </DL>
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<B>outmode, </B>transitive verb, <B>-moded,</B> <B>-moding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make out of fashion or out-of-date. </DL>
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<B>outmoded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> no longer in fashion; not in present use; out-of-date. <BR> <I>Ex. an outmoded custom, outmoded machinery.</I> (SYN) outdated. </DL>
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<B>outmost, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> farthest out from the inside or center; outermost. </DL>
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<B>outness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being out or external; externality. </DL>
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<B>outnumber, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to be more than; exceed in number. <BR> <I>Ex. They outnumbered us three to one.</I> </DL>
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<B>out-of-body, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by or involving dissociation from one's own body; having to do with parapsychological phenomena in which a person sees himself and his surroundings from an external position in space. </DL>
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<B>out-of-bounds, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>outside the established limits or boundaries; not to be crossed, entered, or used. <BR> <I>Ex. Some of its offices and workshops are completely out-of-bounds to everyone except an authorized handful of research men (Johns Hopkins Magazine). (Figurative.) We consider bad manners out-of-bounds here.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>beyond the expected limits; surpassing expectations. <BR> <I>Ex. Our cars are having a formidable out-of-bounds sale this year.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>outside the boundary line; out of play. <BR> <I>Ex. an out-of-bounds ball (adj.). He kicked the ball out-of-bounds (adv.).</I> </DL>
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<B>out-of-court settlement,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the settlement of a litigation between parties without the aid or sponsorship of the court. Such a settlement is not binding upon the court, but the court usually permits withdrawal of the suit. </DL>
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<B>out-of-date, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not in present use; old-fashioned. <BR> <I>Ex. A horse and buggy is an out-of-date means of traveling.</I> (SYN) outmoded. noun <B>out-of-dateness.</B> </DL>
<B>out-of-phase, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of electric currents) of different phases. <BR> <I>Ex. The resulting interference of the out-of-phase waves reduces the strength of the signal (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>out-of-pocket, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> requiring or incurred through direct cash payment. <BR> <I>Ex. The government's actual out-of-pocket expenditures will not exceed the total revenue taken in (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>out-of-print, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> no longer in type or being reprinted and therefore not actively being sold by the publisher. <BR> <I>Ex. He loaned us out-of-print books (Kathryn Hulme).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an out-of-print book. </DL>
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<B>out-of-the-way,</B>, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>seldom visited; remote; unfrequented; secluded. <BR> <I>Ex. an out-of-the-way cottage.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>seldom met with; unusual. <BR> <I>Ex. out-of-the-way bits of information.</I> </DL>
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<B>out-of-town, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> living or situated in, coming from, or having to do with territory outside the limits of a town or city specified or understood. <BR> <I>Ex. out-of-town tryouts.</I> </DL>
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<B>out-of-towner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who lives outside the limits of a town or city. </DL>
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<B>out-of-work, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who is unemployed. <BR> <I>Ex. Lord Rowton started the first hostels in 1892 to meet the urgent need for clean, cheap accommodation for ... the out-of-work (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=unemployed.</B> </DL>
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<B>outpace, </B>transitive verb, <B>-paced,</B> <B>-pacing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to outstrip; outdo; surpass. <BR> <I>Ex. As state spending has continued to outpace revenues, the states have been running more deeply into debt (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to run faster than. <BR> <I>Ex. ... outpacing two other defenders, he cut in (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>outparish, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an outlying or rural parish; a parish lying outside the boundaries of a city or town, with which it is in some way connected. </DL>
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<B>out-party, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a political party not in power. <BR> <I>Ex. For a minority out-party, any position except "me too" almost inevitably is going to become simple opposition (Tom Wicker).</I> </DL>
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<B>outpatient, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a patient receiving treatment at a hospital but not staying there. <BR> <I>Ex. A psychiatrist concluded that [she] needed more treatment than he could give her as an outpatient, but not enough to require admission to the full-time inpatient hospital (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>outpayment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or fact of paying out. <DD><B> 2. </B>an amount paid out. <BR> <I>Ex. One way to help the balance of payments problem would be to cut down on the Government's own huge outpayments of dollars (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>outpension, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a pension granted to one not required to reside in a particular charitable institution. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to grant an outpension to. </DL>
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<B>outpensioner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who receives an outpension; nonresident pensioner. </DL>
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<B>outperform, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to outdo; surpass. </DL>
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<B>outplace, </B>transitive verb, <B>-placed,</B> <B>-placing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) to place in a new job before actual discharge from a company; help secure new employment. </DL>
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<B>outplacement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of outplacing. <BR> <I>Ex. The outplacement firms have their critics. Some industrial psychologists feel that an executive who has been fired needs the determination to reassess his abilities and find a job on his own (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>outplay, </B>transitive verb, <B>-played,</B> <B>-playing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to play better than; beat or surpass in playing. </DL>
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<B>outpocketing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an evagination. <BR> <I>Ex. The lateral appendages or parapodia are formed by outpocketings of the lateral body walls (Hegner and Stiles).</I> </DL>
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<B>outpoint, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to score more points than in a game or contest. <DD><B> 2. </B>to sail closer to the wind than; move on a tack nearer the direction of the wind than (another sailing vessel). </DL>
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<B>outpoll, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to receive more votes than. <BR> <I>Ex. in Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Stirling, they outpolled major parties to win the balance of political power (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>outport, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an outlying port. <BR> <I>Ex. The union itself is expected to put pressure on the outports (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(in Canada) an isolated fishing village, especially in Newfoundland. </DL>
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<B>outporter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of an outport. <BR> <I>Ex. Smallwood interspersed the yarns with friendly greetings and messages to outporters (Ian Sclanders).</I> </DL>
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<B>outpost, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a guard, or small number of soldiers, placed at some distance from an army or camp to prevent a surprise attack. <DD><B> b. </B>the place where they are stationed. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) anything thought of as an outpost or advance guard, especially a settlement in an outlying place. <BR> <I>Ex. a frontier outpost. Missionaries and traders have been outposts of civilization.</I> </DL>
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<B>outpour, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the action of pouring out. <DD><B> 2. </B>that which is poured out; overflow. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to pour out. </DL>
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<B>outpouring, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>anything that is poured out; outflow. <BR> <I>Ex. The outpouring from the factory has mounted in startling style (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a pouring out. <DD><B> 3. </B>an uncontrolled expression of thoughts or feelings. <BR> <I>Ex. an outpouring of grief.</I> </DL>
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<B>outpull, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to outdo; outdraw. </DL>
