Definitions
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- verb poetic, transitive To surpass in
brightness orlustre ; tooutshine .
Etymologies
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out- + lustre
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Examples
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But at that time the difference was not so clearly distinguishable; though Charlotte ever felt and owned her sister's superiority in this respect, it was not recognised as of a sort to quite outshine her own little tales in verse, and quite outlustre Anne's pious effusions.
Emily Brontë 1900
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