Dictionary entry

Outgrow

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Out‐grow″ (?), v. t. [imp.Outgrew (?); p. p.Outgrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Outgrowing.]

1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. Shak.

2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.