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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.
Out′rage
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Outragen
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Outraging
.] 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.
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.
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.