Dictionary entry

Outrage (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Out″rage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Outragen (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Outraging (?).] [F. outrager. See Outrage, n.]

1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return. Atterbury.

This interview outrages all decency. Broome.

2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).