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Definition of Outworth
1. v. t. To exceed in worth.
Definition of Outworth
1. Verb. (transitive) To exceed in worth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outworth
1. to exceed in value [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outworth
Literary usage of Outworth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period by George Saintsbury (1905)
"XXVII Now, sheath'd in rustling silks, new suits display ; Thy Clothes outworth
thee : wise men say, 80 Hedge-creeping ..."
2. Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius by Maurice Powell, Henry Roscoe (1891)
"outworth, cited 4 Bing. 179. The principle of the cases is, that if a thing be
received as money it may be treated and recovered as such. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property: With References to the by Judah Philip Benjamin, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1877)
"... tuv whathe ' Although the thing bought should turn outworth- less. (A) Thus,
where a buyer bought railway scrip, and the directors of the company ..."
4. The New English by T[homas] L[aurence] Kington Oliphant (1886)
"The new Compounds are self-drawing, to outworth, to outstare, to outgo,
top-proud (like top-heavy), mountain-top, ..."
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