outtell

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verb

To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.

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Meanings

verbouttell (third-person singular simple present outtells, present participle outtelling, simple past and past participle outtold)

present singular third person outtells · participle present outtelling · participle past outtold · past outtold

  1. transitiveTo surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.

    I have out-told the clock.

    c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From out- + tell.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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