outgive

English

Etymology

out- +‎ give. Cognate with German ausgeben (“to output, spend, pay for”).

Verb

outgive (third-person singular simple present outgives, present participle outgiving, simple past outgave, past participle outgiven)

(transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for outgive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

give out

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