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To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.

To excel in power; to overpover. [Obs.] Fuller.

To exceed or excel in prayer.

To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than. South.

To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than.

To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than. Beau. & Fl.

To see beyond; to excel in cer

To excel in splendor. A throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind. Milton.

To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon. Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris.

To excel in speed. Outspeed the realized miracles of steam. Talfourd.

To excel or overcome in staring; to face down. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak.

To excel in throwing, as in ball playing.

To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. B. Jonson.

To exceed or excel in writing.

Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. Swift.

To surpass; to excel. [R.] Tennyson.

To surpass; to excel. [R.] R. Browning.

To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth.

Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. -- O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly, adv.

To excel in shining; to outshine. Shak.