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v. t. 1. To excel in bravery or in insolence; to defy with superior courage or audacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To excel in magnificence or comeliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The basest weed outbraves his dignity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To exceed in braying. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To emit with great noise. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence. T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection; mutiny; revolt. “Mobs and outbreaks.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden beginning of a violent event; as, the outbreak of hostilities between ethnic groups. [ PJC ]

3. A sudden occurrence or manifestation; -- usually of disease or emotion, in one person or a group; as, an outbreak of measles among the students; he had an outbreak of shingles; an outbreak of nervousness in the mob. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act of breaking out. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which bursts forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in singing. See Breast, n., 6. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To breathe forth. “Outbreathed life.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]