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English
Etymology
From out- + cant.
Pronunciation
Verb
outcant (third-person singular simple present outcants, present participle outcanting, simple past and past participle outcanted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To surpass in canting; to use more jargon than.
1735, Alexander Pope, “The Second Satire of Dr. John Donne”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver , →OCLC, page 47, lines 35–38:I paſs o'er all thoſe Confeſſors and Martyrs
Who live like S—tt—n, or who die like Charters,
Out-cant old Eſdras, or out-drink his Heir,
Out-uſure Jews, or Iriſhmen out-ſwear;
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