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To see beyond; to excel in cer

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

To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.

To soar beyond or above.

To stay beyond. "I have outstood my time." Shak.

To stay beyond or longer than. She concluded to outstay him. Mad. D' Arblay.

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing. Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson.

To swell beyond; to overflow. [Obs.] Hewyt.

interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward. The wrong side may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said esp…

A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars. "Over all this." Chaucer.

To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.

To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden.

To build too much; to build beyond the demand.

To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.

To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.

To fill beyond satiety. Shak.

Delighted beyond measure.

To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.