outstrain

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verb

To outdo by straining.

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Meanings

verboutstrain (third-person singular simple present outstrains, present participle outstraining, simple past and past participle outstrained)

present singular third person outstrains · participle present outstraining · participle past outstrained · past outstrained

  1. transitiveTo outdo by straining.

    The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.

    1891, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine
  2. poetictransitiveTo strain or filter outward.

    Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining, Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!

    c. 1887, George MacDonald, A Song For Christmas

Origin

From out- + strain.

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APA

outstrain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstrain

MLA

“outstrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstrain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outstrain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstrain.

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