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

One who goes out or departs.

The act or the state of going out. The outgoings of the morning and evening. Ps. lxv. 8.

Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc. ; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours. Name the time, but let it not Exceed three…

To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense. Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. Prior. I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. ii. 13.

One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. Lew Wallace.

The act of coming in; arrival. The incomings and outgoings of the trains. Dickens.

Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw; counter-clockwise rotation; -- applied chiefly to the turning of the plane of polarization of light.

To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.] Lamb.

imp. of Outgo.

t into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.

To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass. Topping all others in boasting. Shak. Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. Shak.

To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How much her worth transcended all her kind. Dryden.