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to outgive

to outgive

1 8.4
To give more money than someone else, often to charity
  • verb
  • /aʊtˈɡɪv/
: dar más
  • Last year, our team was proud to outgive the previous record by donating more generous gifts to the local shelter.

Examples

  • During the charity event, she managed to outgive all her competitors by raising a record amount for the cause.

  • Despite a paucity of supportive infrastructure, atheists seem to give so generously as individuals that the relatively more godless Northeast and West outgive the rest of the country when giving to churches is excluded.

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  • You will never outgive God

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  • In their fundraising efforts, these organizations consistently outgive others by mobilizing larger communities.

Synonyms

to outgo
vsto outgive
1 8.1

To be better than another person or thing

focuses on offering more to others rather than general superiority

Antonyms

to withhold
204 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

How Generous

to outgive
1 8.4
to bestow
  • Formal
74 5.6
to donate
529 2.7
to give
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

outgive infinitive
outgiving present participle
outgives third person singular
outgave past
outgiven past participle

Morphology

outgive = give (transparent) = out + give

Formed from the productive prefix 'out-' + 'give', meaning 'to surpass in giving', which follows a regular English pattern.

Etymology

Outgive comes from the part out- meaning 'more than' or 'beyond' and the verb give meaning 'to give'. Think of outdo, but for generosity, so to outgive someone is to give more than they do.