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outwatch

[ out-woch ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to outdo or surpass in watching.
  2. to watch, or maintain a vigil, until the end of:

    The mourners had outwatched the night.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of outwatch1

First recorded in 1620–30; out- + watch
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Outwatch, owt-wawch′, v.t. to watch longer than.

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His followers in-510- the barge or villa, his valet-de-chambre and butler, his lackeys who outwatch the night, get paid.

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This is man's guise to please himself, when he Shall not see one thing of his pleasant things, Nor with outwatch of many travailings Come to be eased of the least pain he hath For all his love and all his foolish wrath And all the heavy manner of his mind.

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All night her locks are wet with dew, Her eyes outwatch the moon.

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As the Bear never sets, to outwatch him must mean to sit up all night.

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