outsum

present singular third person outsums · participle present outsumming · participle past outsummed · past outsummed

1. archaictransitiveTo exceed in number or quantity.

   She kept her faith; though Odo came by day With missions from the castle that outsummed His several hairs, and were of less respect; […]

   1852, George Henry Boker, The Podesta's Daughter, and Other Miscellaneous Poems, page 38

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   May thirtieth — I thank thee O Lord, in that thou hast made our support fund to outsum the preceding year by $2500. We received thru thy graciousness, $34,800.

   1937, William Plumer Jacobs, Thornwell Jacobs, Diary of William Plumer Jacobs, page 461

2. transitiveTo exceed in total; outweigh

   No one else cared for him; but he had an instinct that her great love for him outsummed all he could hope from others.

   1851, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Stuart of Dunleath, page 127

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   Nicholas quickly snatched it from the boy and returned it to its place. "Its value outsums any amount you can imagine."

   1985, Kay McMahon, Wild Rapture, page 65