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Definition of Outsitting
1. outsit [v] - See also: outsit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsitting
Literary usage of Outsitting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"... is the immediate and efficient cause of outsitting down at this present moment,
to communicate to the world at large, and our readers in particular, ..."
2. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1858)
""All " his caution," writes Lockhart, " consisted in outsitting " all other
companies at the same tavern, so that he was " safe going home ! ..."
3. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
""All his caution," writes Lockhart,*** "consisted in outsitting all other companies
at "the same tavern, so that he was safe going home! ..."
4. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts, Great Britain (1858)
"... the business of all the courts; the other two "outsitting" judges to sit at
Nisi Prius, and try indiscriminately all causes entered during the sittings. ..."
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