Meanings
verboutswell (third-person singular simple present outswells, present participle outswelling, simple past outswelled, past participle outswelled or outswollen)
present singular third person outswells · participle present outswelling · past outswelled · participle past outswelled · participle past outswollen
- obsoletetransitiveTo exceed in swelling.
- obsoletetransitiveTo swell beyond; to overflow.
Blovv, villain, till thy ſphered bias-cheek / Outſvvell the colic of puff'd Aquilon
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]1 more example
I ſtand aboue thee, and as from a rocke / VVhoſe eminence outſvvelles the raging flood, / See thy hopes ſhip vvrackt: […]
1610, Iohn [i.e., John] Mason, The Turke. A Worthie Tragedie. […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Iohn Busbie […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature D2, verso
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