What does outcap mean?
Outcap means (rare) To cap or top; exceed..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(rare) To cap or top; exceed..
I ſhall only inſtance in the Quakers, who of all People in the World apply themſelves moſt to the Reading of Scriptures: nay there is ſcarce a Quaker Woman, but ſhall outcap the ableſt Divine of any other Religion in Scripture Texts.
In rapping out oaths a cad outcaps a Chesterfield; scarcely bearable in a buss, oaths in type are too bad, and at such malice prepense printers' devils recoil.
The new myth certainly outcapped the Babeque fable, but why should they follow myths forever?
I thought myself pretty tall, but many of the Senecas, Oneidas, and Onondagas far outcapped me.
A mean remark? Certainly, but I comforted myself by saying, "Everybody does it. Outcapping everyone else is the only way to survive."
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Outcap means (rare) To cap or top; exceed..
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I ſhall only inſtance in the Quakers, who of all People in the World apply themſelves moſt to the Reading of Scriptures: nay there is ſcarce a Quaker Woman, but ſhall outcap the ableſt Divine of any other Religion in Scripture Texts.
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