Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To swell to a greater degree than; surpass in inflation.
- To overflow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To exceed in swelling.
- transitive verb obsolete To swell beyond; to overflow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To exceed in
swelling . - verb obsolete To swell beyond; to
overflow .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I suspect that Obama sees her sexuality (whatever it is) as a win-win — he will not lose any votes if she is not gay, and if she is, the knee-jerk nutty reaction on the right will just mean that she will have a bigger outswell of support than she would other wise receive.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “What Kagan Will Bring to the Court” 2010
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I suspect that Obama sees her sexuality whatever it is as a win-win — he will not lose any votes if she is not gay, and if she is, the knee-jerk nutty reaction on the right will just mean that she will have a bigger outswell of support than she would other wise receive.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “What Kagan Will Bring to the Court” 2010
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And now commenced a tremendous rivalry between these two doughty commanders, striving to outstrut and outswell each other, like a couple of belligerent turkey-cocks.
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Washington Irving 1821
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