Definition of Outburns

1. outburn [v] - See also: outburn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outburns

outbulge
outbulged
outbulges
outbulging
outbulk
outbulked
outbulking
outbulks
outbullied
outbullies
outbully
outbullying
outburn
outburned
outburning
outburns (current term)
outburnt
outburp
outburst
outburst flood
outbursted
outbursting
outbursts
outbuy
outbuying
outbuys
outby
outbye
outcalls

Literary usage of Outburns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1894)
"... sons that kiss her mouth, Children worthier all the birthright given of the ardent north Where the fire of heart; outburns the suns that fire the south. ..."

2. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"... sees hope That outburns the sun ? At what shrine what wine, At what board what bread, Salt as blood or brine, Shall we share in sign How we poor were ..."

3. The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by Caroline May (1853)
"Behold! how mine outburns them all ? God's smile is in its glow!" Fair blows the wind, the sail swells free, High shoots the diamond spray, ..."

4. The Methodist Review (1828)
"... the twenty-four states and the territories catching the flame; the Indians of the forest kindling in a blaze, that outburns all their firewater, ..."

5. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... Her gold to Chrysoprase; When each low-hanging star outburns Its faint, mysterious rays, As from the prison of faery urns Which faery hands upraise. ..."

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