outprize
outprize verb: to prize (rate, set a value) excessively.
Verb
outprize (third-person singular simple present outprizes, present participle outprizing, simple past and past participle outprized)
- To prize (rate, set a value) excessively.
- Sir, you flatter now, / And do outprize my willing industry: [...]c. 1604–1626, doubtfully attributed to Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Faithful Friends”, in Henry [William] Weber, editor, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, in Fourteen Volumes: […], volume...
- To exceed in value.
- There is nothing may be compared with a faithfull [friend], neither may the waight of gold and siluer outprise his faith and goodnesse […]1596, Thomas Lodge, The Diuel Coniured, London: William Mats
- Either your vnparagon'd Miſtirs is dead, or ſhe's out-priz'd by a trifle.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
Forms of outprize
| third-person singular present | outprizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | outprizing |
| past participle | outprized |
| past | outprized |
Origin of outprize
From out- + prize.
Questions about outprize
- What does outprize mean?
- Outprize means to prize (rate, set a value) excessively.
- What part of speech is outprize?
- Outprize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outprize?
- The past tense of outprize is outprized.
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