outlance

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verb

To lance outward.

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Meanings

verboutlance (third-person singular simple present outlances, present participle outlancing, simple past and past participle outlanced)

present singular third person outlances · participle present outlancing · participle past outlanced · past outlanced

  1. intransitiveTo lance outward.

    Before Dane had his glasses in focus, the outlancing strike of light was cut off, knife sharp.

    2017, Kenneth F. Gantz, Not in Solitude (Revised Edition)
  2. transitiveTo surpass in fighting or jousting with a lance.

    I want some prince to challenge a knight who's a cad / And outlance the lad / To show me he's my hero.

    1965, Barbara Fried, Sleeping Beauty: Or the Famous Rose Taboo, Musical, page 31

Origin

From out- + lance.

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APA

outlance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlance

MLA

“outlance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outlance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlance.

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