verb
- past tense of outspring; to spring out or forth suddenly or with force
Usage: literary or archaic; transitive or intransitive
Examples
- The deer outsprang from the thicket when it heard the hunters approach.
- Water outsprang from the broken pipe with tremendous force.
- He outsprang his competitors at the starting line.
- Flames outsprang from the burning building.
- The athlete outsprang the others to reach the finish line first.