verb
- to surpass in telling or narrating; to tell more effectively or completely than another
Usage: rare; literary
Examples
- The veteran storyteller outtells all the younger performers at the festival.
- Her vivid descriptions outtell any documentary on the subject.
- The witness outtells the defendant’s version of events.
- This memoir outtells previous accounts of the historical period.
- The child outtells her siblings when recounting their adventure.