Outgon

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. To go farther than or exceed another in action or achievement, leaving the other behind
2. To surpass someone or something by going beyond what they have done or reached
3. To outstrip a rival by advancing past their level or limit, an archaic usage

Etymology: "Outgon" is the old past participle of "outgo," a verb that has been in English since Old English, when "ūtgān" meant simply "to go out." The verb is built from "ūt," "out," and "gān," "to go," a pairing that appears across the older Germanic languages, so the word's core sense of leaving or passing outward is very old. Over the Middle English period, "outgon" was the form used after "have" or "be," as in "he is outgon" for "he has gone out." Its meaning stayed close to the literal sense, with movement out of a place or boundary, and it did not pick up the abstract senses that the modern verb "outgo" developed, such as "to surpass" or "to exceed in going."