Meaning of outlead | Babel Free
Definitions
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To lead out. archaic
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To exceed in leadership. transitive
- To bring about; to encourage.
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To exceed in leading; to maintain a strong lead ahead of; to outcompete. transitive
Examples
“So he came down from his tower and called his knights. Lordings, —he said — to arms; the Emperour Divoun beleaguers us within our walls. Now let us make three sallies brave and sure. The first I will outlead myself.”
“Interest in this meeting of extremes may be added by the fact that in my experience they were waymarks of my outleading from an individualistic educational and religious training to a more altruistic point of view for thought and action;”
“This is an Education which consists in the outleading of the blackguardizing, pauperizing, vagrant-like, and theftuous elements of the mentality, entirely withdrawn, and apart from any moral guidance, any elevating tendency, any ameliorating influence, nay, directly under the direction of the demoralized and the abandoned.”
“All discourse is educative, and should have for its object the outleading and upbuilding of the intellect.”
“Education is the fostering and outleading of everything of worth in a personality to its fulfilment.”
“If anyone can outlead as leader, I hope he will outlead as leader, but my conversation was with those gentlemen who by their positions are entitled to participate in directing the affairs of the House.”
“If it is found that there is a general indifference to such procedure, then, perhaps it can be rightly observed that the church as a whole, gains little in trying to "outlead" or "outpreach" those who are not yet ready.”
“On, on, in never-ending race, Behind the billows vainly chase; Both wave and wind with all their speed The barge doth thrice in flight outlead.”
“Paul surrenders his mighty intellect to the hated One, and outleads all others in the intensity of his devotion and the intrepidity and zeal of his service.”
“The Himself pictures are the best things Sir William does, and this one, for mechanical accuracies of draftsmanship, outleads all that have gone before.”
“West Germany far outleads other European countries in the number of dailies published, and the Asiatic press has grown greatly in recent years and, from all indications, is still growing.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.