outbow

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ bow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊtˈbaʊ/

Verb

outbow (third-person singular simple present outbows, present participle outbowing, simple past and past participle outbowed)

1. (transitive) To surpass in bowing.
   • 1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC:

     His character and gloves are ever clean, / And then he can outbow the bowing dean

References

“outbow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• bow out