outshine

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
outshine
    v 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"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Outshine \Out*shine"\, v. i.
   To shine forth. "Bright, outshining beams." --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Outshine \Out*shine"\, v. t.
   1. To surpass in splendor, excellence, or achievement.
      [1913 Webster]

            A throne of royal state, which far
            Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To shine more brightly than.
      [PJC]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "outshine":
      beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, best, better, defeat, destroy,
      do in, drub, exceed, excel, fix, hide, hors de combat, lambaste,
      lather, lick, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outgo,
      outjump, outleap, outmaneuver, outmarch, outpace, outperform,
      outplay, outpoint, outrange, outreach, outride, outrival, outrun,
      outsail, outstep, outstrip, outvie, outwit, overjump, overleap,
      overmatch, overplay, override, put, ruin, settle, skin, skin alive,
      thrash, top, transcend, trim, triumph over, trounce, undo, whip,
      worst
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