Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To exceed in name, significance, or importance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To exceed in naming or describing.
  • transitive verb obsolete To exceed in name, fame, or degree.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To exceed in naming or describing.
  • verb obsolete To exceed in fame or degree.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

out- +‎ name

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