outcompass

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To exceed the compass or limits of. transitive
    — "It is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity of knowledge, how large soever, lest it should make it swell or out-compass itself; no, but it is merely the quality of knowledge, which, be it in quantity more or less, if it be taken without the true corrective thereof, hath in it some nature of venom or malignity, and some effects of that venom, which is ventosity or swelling."

词形变化

outcompasses present,singular,third-person outcompassing participle,present outcompassed participle,past outcompassed past

词源

From out- + compass.
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