Meanings
present singular third person outrises · participle present outrising · past outrose · participle past outrisen
- transitiveTo surpass in growth, prominence, or development.
I don't mean to say that we are going to outrise San Francisco, but to be a twin city to the one over the bay. We can be such a city with the population, growth and development that are coming our way.
1907, Oakland Tribune 1907-04-17, page 5 - transitiveTo rise earlier than.
How many there are that take pleasure in toil; that can outrise the sun, outwatch the moon, and outrun the fields’ wild beasts!
1839, The Saturday Magazine Vol 15 Iss 464, page 117 - intransitiveobsoleteTo rise up in revolt or rebellion.
I say such a war would propagate itself throughout Europe […] and sooner or later will cause Europe to outrise.
1914, James Connolly, Labour in rish History, page 188
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Englishrise
- Englishoutrise
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Cite this entry
outrise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrise
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