outswell

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English

Etymology

From out- +‎ swell.

Verb

outswell (third-person singular simple present outswells, present participle outswelling, simple past outswelled, past participle outswelled or outswollen)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To exceed in swelling.
  2. (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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