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outring

[ out-ring ]

verb (used with object)

, out·rang, out·rung, out·ring·ing.
  1. to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.

verb (used without object)

, out·rang, out·rung, out·ring·ing.

  1. church bells outringing over the countryside.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of outring1

1325–75; Middle English (intransitive); out-, ring 2

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Example Sentences

Along the station platform each of the fiacre drivers seizes a large dinner-bell and tries to outring the others.

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