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Deviating froms noting irregularity : 
Heaven defend but ftill I fhould ftand fo. 
So long as out of limit and true rule 
You ftand againft anointed majefty! Shakefpeare. 
Paft; without; noting fomething worn-out or exhaufted. 
—I publifhed fome fables which are out of print. Arbuthnot. 
I am out of breath.— 
How art thou out of breath, when thou haft breath 
To fay to me that thou art out of breath ? Shakefpeare. 
By means of.—Out of that will I caufe thofe of Cyprus to 
mutiny. Shakefpeare. —In confequence of: noting the 
motive or reafon.—She is perfuaded I will marry her, oilt 
of her own love and flattery, not out of my promife. 
Shakefpeare's Othello.— Cromwell accufed the earl of Man- 
chefter of having betrayed the parliament out of cowar¬ 
dice. Clarendon. —Make them conformable to laws, not 
only for wrath, and out of fear of the magiftrate’s power, 
which is but a weak principle of obedience; but out of 
confluence,- whiqh is a firm and lading principle. Tillot- 
J'm —What they do not grant out of the generofity of their 
nature, they may grant out of mere impatience. Smalridge. 
—Our 1 'uccelfes have been the confequences of a neceffary 
war; in which we engaged, not out of ambition, but for 
the defence of all that was dear to us. Atterbury. 
Not out of cunning, but a train 
Of atoms juftling in his brain. Hudibras. 
Out of Hand. Immediately; as that is eafily ufed 
which is ready in the hand.—Now gather we our forces 
out of hand. Shakefpeare. 
He bade to open wide his brazen gate, 
Which long time had been fliut; and out of hand 
Proclaimed joy and peace through all his Itate. Spenfer. 
To OUT, v.a. [utuan, Sax.] To deprive by expulfion. 
— The members of both houfes who withdrew, were 
counted deferters, and outed of their places in parliament. 
K. Charles. —The French having been outed of their holds. 
Heylin. —So many of their orders as were outed from their 
fat 'pofieflions, would endeavour a re-entrance againft 
thofe whom they account heretics. Dryden. 
OUT, in compofition, generally fignifies fomething be¬ 
yond or more than another; but fometimes it betokens 
emiflion, exclufion, or fomething external. 
To OUT-ACT', v. a. To do beyond : 
He has made me heir to treafures 
Would make me to out-a6l a widow’s whining. Otway. 
To OUT-BAL'ANCE, v.a. To over-weigh ; to pre¬ 
ponderate : 
Let dull Ajax bear away my right. 
When all his days out-balance this one night. Dryden. 
To OUT-BA'R, v a. To fhut out by fortifications: 
Thefe to out-bar with painful pionings, 
From fea to fea he heap’d a mighty mound. Spenfer. 
To OUT-BID', v. a. To over-power by bidding a 
higher price.—Prevent the greedy, and out-bid the bold. 
Pope. 
If in thy heart 
New love created be by other men. 
Which have their flocks entire, and can in tears. 
In fighs, in oaths, in letters, out-bid me. 
This new love may beget new fears. Donne. 
OUT-BID'DER, f. One that out-bids. 
OUT-BLOW'ED, adj. Inflated ; fwoln with wind : 
At their roots grew floating palaces, 
Whofe out-blown bellies cut the yielding feas. Dryden. 
To OUT-BLUSH', v. a. To exceed in rofy colour: 
Each rofe did in native fcarlet appear. 
Yet every rofe was out-blujhed by her. 
Shipman' sTrag. of Hen. III. of France , 1673. 
VOL. XVIII. No. 1228. 
The fun which gives your cheeks to glow, 
And out-bhjh (mine excepted) every fair. Young. 
OUT-BOR'N, adj. Foreign ; not native. 
OUT-BOUN'D, adj. Deftinated to a diftant voyage; 
not coming home: 
Triumphant flames upon the water float, 
And out-bound- fhips at home their voyage end. Dryden. 
To OUT-BRA'VE, v. a. To bear down and defeat by 
more daring, infolent, or fplendid, appearance.—We fee 
the danger, and by fits take up lome faint refolution to 
out-brave and break through it. L'EJlrange. 
I would out-ftare the fterneft eyes that look, 
Out-brave the heart rnoft daring on the earth, 
To win thee, lady. Shakefpeare. 
Here Sodom’s towers raife their proud tops on high; 
The towers, as well as men, out-brave the fky. Cowley. 
To OUT-BRA'ZEN, v. a. To bear down with impu¬ 
dence. 
OU'T-BREAK,/. That which breaks forth; eruption: 
Breathe his faults fo quaintly. 
That they may feem the taints of liberty. 
The flafh and out-break of a fiery mind. Shakefpeare. 
OUT-BREA'KING, J'. That which breaks forth; 
powerful appearance,—Initead of fubjefling her, he is, by 
the frefti out-breaking of her beauty, captivated. Sir T. 
Herbert's Travels. 
To OUT-BRE'ATHE, v.a. To weary by having better 
breath ; 
Mine eyes faw him 
Rendering faint quittance, wearied and out-breath'd. 
To Henry Monmouth. Shakefpeare. 
To expire.—That fign of laft out-breathed life did feem. 
Spenfer. 
'To OUT-BUD', v. n. To fprout forth : 
That renowmed fnake, 
Whofe many heads, out-budding ever new. 
Did breede him endleffe labor to fubdew. Spenfer. 
To OUT-BUIL'D, v. a. To exceed in durability of 
building ; to build more durably: 
Virtue alone out-builds the pyramids; 
Her monuments fhall laft, when Egypt’s fall. Young . 
OUT-CEP'T, conj. Except; changing the Latin ex 
into the Englifh out. Objblete. — Out-take was another and 
better form of except , as being all Englifh. Todd. 
Look not fo near, with hope to underftand, 
Out-cept, fir, you can read with the left hand. B. Jonfon. 
To OUT-CLI'MB, v. a. To climb beyond : 
They muft be fever’d, or like palms will grow. 
Which, planted near, out-climb their native height. 
Davenant. 
To OUT-COM'PASS, v.a. To exceed due bounds.'—If 
fuch be the capacity and receipt of the mind of man, it is 
manifeft that there is no danger at all in the proportion or 
quantity of knowledge, how large foever, left it fhould 
make it fwell, and out-compafs itfelf. Bacon's Adv. of 
Learning. 
To OUT-COMPLY', v. a. To comply too much; to be 
over-compliant.—Out-fawn as much as out-comply. Hu¬ 
dibras. 
To OUT-CRA'FT, v.a. To excel in cunning: 
Italy hath out-crafted him. 
And he’s at fome hard point. Shakefpeare's Cymbeline. 
To OUT-DA'RE, v. a. To venture beyond; 
Myfelf, my brother, and his fon, 
That brought you home, and boldly did out-dare 
The dangers of the time. Shakefpeare. 
To OUT-DA'TE, v. a. To antiquate. — Works and 
deeds of the law, in thofe places, fignffy legal obedience, 
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