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outshine

outs·hine

UK/aʊtˈʃaɪn/ US/ˈaʊˌtʃaɪn/ rare literary

verb

1.

shine brighter than

  • “What star outshines the sun?”
2.

attract more attention and praise than others

  • “This film outshone all the others in quality”

Origin

From out- + shine.

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