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English
Etymology
out- + tell
Verb
outtell (third-person singular simple present outtells, present participle outtelling, simple past and past participle outtold)
- (transitive) To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.
c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):I have out-told the clock.