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In some senses, outstrain is marked as poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
outstrain
verb 2
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2ADJ.
emulous
VERB + OUTSTRAIN
seemed
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verb
1
To outdo by straining.
The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.
2
To strain or filter outward.
Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining, Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!
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The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.
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Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining, Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!
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