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outdone


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outdo  \Out*do"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Outdid};  p.  p.  {Outdone};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Outdoing}.] 
  To  go  beyond  in  performance;  to  excel;  to  surpass. 
 
  An  imposture  outdoes  the  original.  --L'  Estrange. 
 
  I  grieve  to  be  outdone  by  Gay.  --Swift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  outdone 
  adj  :  defeated  in  a  competition  [syn:  {bested}] 




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