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Meaning of outstrain | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To outdo by straining.
    transitive
  2. To strain or filter outward.
    poetic, transitive

Examples

“The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.”
“Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining, Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

outstrained outstraining outstrains outstrategize outstrategized outstrategizes

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