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Webster 1913 Edition


Outlaugh

Out-laugh′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To surpass or outdo in laughing.
Dryden.
2.
To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down.
[R.]
His apprehensions of being
outlaughed
will force him to continue in a restless obscurity.
Franklin.

Definition 2024


outlaugh

outlaugh

English

Verb

outlaugh (third-person singular simple present outlaughs, present participle outlaughing, simple past and past participle outlaughed)

  1. (transitive) To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
    His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin
  2. (transitive) To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.
    • 1995, Myra Page, Moscow Yankee
      At his father's quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, that's a good one."