Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To outrun.
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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
run away ;escape . - verb transitive, obsolete To
outrun .
Etymologies
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From Middle English atrennen ("to run or flee out"), equivalent to at- + run. Compare German entrennen, English atrin.
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