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To do or beyond; to exceed in acting. [R.] He has made me heir to treasures Would make me outact a real window's whining. Otway.

Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass. An imposture outdoes the original. L' Estrange. I grieve to be outdone by Gay. Swift.

To dwell or stay beyond. [Poetic] "He outdwells his hour." Shak.

e body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.

A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively. The great outfield of thought or fact. Trench.

To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. Shak. Winged with fear outflies the wind. Waller.

To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.

To live beyond, or longer than; to survive. They live too long who happiness outlive. Dryden.

Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.

The state of being out or beyond; separateness.

To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.

To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [Obs.] Shak.

To reach beyond.

To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. [R.] Spenser.

To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. Shak.

To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond. Your zeal outruns my wishes. Sir W. Scott. The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. Jhon xx. 4.