outgive

English

Etymology

From out- (surpassing) +‎ give. Cognate with German ausgeben (to output, spend, pay for).

Verb

outgive (third-person singular simple present outgives, present participle outgiving, simple past outgave, past participle outgiven)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
    • 1692, Charles Dryden, Juvenal's Seventh Satire:
      The bounteous play'r outgave the pinching lord

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