Definition of "outwent" [out•went]

• Past tense of outgo. (verb)

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• "As soon as he poised himself in air over the vessel, he let fall the rock upon it; but the craft, having great way on her, outwent the rock, which fell into the sea with a loud crash and a horrible."
• "And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him."
• "The negro monarch was of much-enduring mind, but these tidings outwent his philosophy."