OUTLAUGH
Etymology
Verb
outlaugh (third-person singular simple present outlaughs, present participle outlaughing, simple past and past participle outlaughed)
(transitive) To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
(transitive) To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.
Source: Wiktionary
Out*laugh", v. t.
1. To surpass or outdo in laughing. Dryden.
2. To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down. [R.] His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. Franklin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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