Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move faster than, on or as on the wing; outstrip in flying.
- Milit., to outflank.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
surpass oroutstrip inflying .
Etymologies
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out- + wing
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[331-364] when by the streams of icy Hebrus Mavors kindles to bloodshed and clashes on his shield, and stirs war and speeds his furious coursers; they outwing south winds and west on the open plain; utmost
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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