outsport

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ sport.

Verb

outsport (third-person singular simple present outsports, present participle outsporting, simple past and past participle outsported)

1. (transitive) To exceed in sporting; to outdo.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     not to outsport discretion

References

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

Anagrams

• outports