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English
Etymology
out- + swell
Verb
outswell (third-person singular simple present outswells, present participle outswelling, simple past outswelled, past participle outswelled or outswollen)
- (transitive, obsolete) To exceed in swelling.
- (transitive, obsolete) To swell beyond; to overflow.
1610, John Mason, The Turke:a rocke
Whose eminence outswelles the raging flood
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:Blow, villain, till thy sphered bias-cheek
Outswell the colic of puff'd Aquilon
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