outtell
English
Etymology
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.
References
- “outtell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.