outride

(out-rīd')
tr.v., -rode (-rōd'), -rid·den (-rĭd'n), -rid·ing, -rides.

1. To ride faster, farther, or better than; outstrip.
2. To withstand successfully; ride out: outride a storm at sea.

n.
An unstressed syllable or cluster of syllables within a given metrical unit that is omitted from the scansion pattern in sprung rhythm.

[N. coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins.]

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