Meaning of outscout | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To surpass in scouting, or reconnaissance.
   transitive
2. To overpower by disdain; to outface.
   obsolete, transitive

Examples

“In the Matabele campaign he had out[-]scouted the savage scouts and found his pleasure in tracking them among their native mountains, […]”

“A major league owner in Brooklyn, St. Louis or Chicago might not be able to outscout and outspend the Yankees. But he could find and sign gifted ballplayers in places the Yankees ignored.”

“Steel your thoughts, ſharp your reſolue, imboldẽ your spirit, graſp your ſvvords; alarum miſchief, & vvith an vndãted brovv, out ſcout the grim oppoſition of most menacing perill.”

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