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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