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Webster 1913 Edition


Outrage

Out-rage′

,
Verb.
T.
[
Out
+
rage
.]
To rage in excess of.
[R.]
Young.

Out′rage

,
Noun.
[F.
outrage
; OF.
outre
,
oltre
, beyond (F.
outre
, L.
ultra
) +
-age
, as, in
courage
,
voyage
. See
Ulterior
.]
1.
Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
Chaucer.
He wrought great
outrages
, wasting all the country.
Spenser.
2.
Excess; luxury.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Syn. – Affront; insult; abuse. See
Affront
.

Out′rage

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Outragen
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Outraging
.]
[F.
outrager
. See
Outrage
,
Noun.
]
1.
To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
Base and insolent minds
outrage
men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
Atterbury.
This interview
outrages
all decency.
Broome.
2.
Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

Out′rage

,
Verb.
I.
To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outrage

OUT'RAGE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ultra, beyond.]
To treat with violence and wrong; to abuse by rude or insolent language; to injure by rough, rude treatment of any kind.
Base and insolent minds outrage men, when they have hopes of doing it without a return.
This interview outrages all decency.

OUT'RAGE

,
Verb.
I.
To commit exorbitances; to be guilty of violent rudeness.

OUT'RAGE

, n.
Injurious violence offered to persons or things; excessive abuse; wanton mischief. Rude abusive language, scurrility, or opprobrious and contemptuous words, may be an outrage to persons, or to decency and civility. A violent attack upon person or property is an outrage.
He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country where he went.

Definition 2024


outragé

outragé

See also: outrage

French

Verb

outragé m (feminine singular outragée, masculine plural outragés, feminine plural outragées)

  1. past participle of outrager