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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