outbow

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English

Etymology

From out- +‎ bow.

Pronunciation

Verb

outbow (third-person singular simple present outbows, present participle outbowing, simple past and past participle outbowed)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in bowing.
    • 1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: J and R Tonson , published 1741, →OCLC:
      His character and gloves are ever clean, / And then he can outbow the bowing dean

References

outbow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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