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Outran vs Outray - What's the difference?

outran | outray |

As verbs the difference between outran and outray

is that outran is (outrun) while outray is (obsolete) to spread out in array.

outran

English

Verb

(head)
  • (outrun)

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    outrun

    English

    Verb

  • To run faster than the others.
  • To exceed or overextend.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
    • They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
  • * 1851 ,
    • [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.

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    * English irregular verbs English verbs with base form identical to past participle

    outray

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To spread out in array.
  • * Chapman
    • And now they outray to your fleet.
  • (obsolete) To outshine.
    • (Skelton)
    (Webster 1913)