outfame

present singular third person outfames · participle present outfaming · participle past outfamed · past outfamed

1. transitiveTo become more famous than, particularly in a competitive sense.

   “I can't even.” Kara sniffed. “How the hell did she manage to outfame me?”

   2018, Kevin Dickson, Jack Ketsoyan, Guilty Pleasure, page 398

   2 more examples

   ...those two great captains, (whom Alexander sought by all means to outfame,) when they endeavoured to subject unto them the Oxydracae

   1829, Sir Walter Raleigh, The history of the world, page 374

   ... and the plebian Robin Hood mated with a simple Marian as his forest-queen was thus destined to outfame the noble but obscure Fitz-Ooth, and the Lady Maude Fitz-Walter.

   1858, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Stephan Langton - Volume 1, page 198

   Synonyms: outshine