Definition of "out-tops" [out-tops]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of out-top. (verb)

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• "But we must pass them by, to emphasize a quality that out-tops and outshines them all, -- his humanity."
• "The magic vista is golden to the coming of the twilight, and the sunset builds a gaudy tower that out-tops the dawn."
• "Whether we can faithfully take to heart and follow all the teaching of this "old Man eloquent" will long remain a subject of debate, but no one can rise from his works without recognising a moral grandeur in him that far out-tops the very human flaws that may even serve to make him more penetrative to our own imperfect hearts."