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Definition of Outlie
1. v. t. To exceed in lying.
Definition of Outlie
1. Verb. (rare) (transitive) To tell more or better lies than. ¹
2. Verb. (rare) To lie outside, or at the extremes or periphery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outlie
1. to lie beyond [v -LAY, -LAIN, -LYING, -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlie
Literary usage of Outlie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1849)
"... if not expressly and didactically, yet by some passing touch, some unstudied
opening into the purple depths of infinite peace, which should outlie, ..."
2. Bell's Edition by John Bell (1796)
"... With royal favourites in flatt'ry vie, 60 And Oldmixon and Burnet both outlie.
The thing hath travell'd, and, faith, speaks all-tongues, ..."
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