Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To frown down; overbear by frowning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To frown down; to overbear by frowning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To exceed in
frowning .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
out- + frown
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Examples
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'For thee, oppressed king, I am cast down;/Myself could else outfrown false Fortune's frown.'
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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Myself could else outfrown false fortune's frown. "
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