Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.
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- verb To
gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.
Etymologies
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out- + gaze
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Examples
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Sherburn run his eye slow along the crowd; and wherever it struck the people tried a little to outgaze him, but they couldn't; they dropped their eyes and looked sneaky.
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