Meaning of outcap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cap or top; exceed.
   rare
2. To cap ("lie") more than.
   nonce-word

Examples

“I ſhall only inſtance in the Quakers, who of all People in the World apply⟳ themſelves moſt to the Reading of Scriptures: nay there is ſcarce a Quaker Woman, but ſhall outcap the ableſt Divine of any other Religion in Scripture Texts.”

“In rapping out oaths a cad outcaps a Chesterfield; scarcely bearable in a buss, oaths in type⟳ are too bad, and at such malice prepense printers' devils recoil.”

“The new myth certainly outcapped the Babeque fable, but why should they follow⟳ myths forever?”

“I thought myself pretty tall, but many of the Senecas, Oneidas, and Onondagas far outcapped me.”

“A mean⟳ remark⟳? Certainly, but I comforted myself by saying, "Everybody does it. Outcapping everyone else is the only way to survive⟳."”

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