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Definition of Outspeed
1. v. t. To excel in speed.
Definition of Outspeed
1. Verb. (transitive) To exceed in speed or velocity; outstrip. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outspeed
1. to go faster than [v -SPED or -SPEEDED, -SPEEDING, -SPEEDS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outspeed
Literary usage of Outspeed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Civil War in America by Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans Paris (1883)
"... he at once fathomed their design and tried to outspeed them along the Rapidan,
in order to dispute with them the passage of Germanna Ford. ..."
2. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"As the laggards in a race struggle and plod in their first quarter while the
victor darts past the goal, so, in the race of immortality, some souls outspeed ..."
3. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by John Todhunter, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman (1880)
"Thy barb whose hoofs outspeed the tempest's flight Bore thee far from me; My
heart, for my weak feet were weary soon, Did companion thee. n. ..."
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1868)
"... noble and aspiring men, his beau ideal of excellence before him—his competitor
in the course of honor to outspeed ; his goal and guerdon to attain. ..."
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