Outlie

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To be situated or located beyond a particular boundary or limit
2. To extend or exist outside the usual range or confines
3. To be positioned farther away from a central point or designated border

Etymology: The verb "outlie" is built from "out" and "lie," but the source offers two possible senses of "lie" behind it, and both are worth a look. One is "lie" in the sense of telling an untruth, which would make "outlie" mean to surpass someone in lying. The other is "lie" in the sense of being located, which fits the modern meaning: to be positioned farther out than something else, away from a central point or designated border. The second route is the one that produces the sense readers meet today. Here "out" carries its basic spatial force, so the word describes a thing lying beyond another, such as an island lying beyond the coastline or a district lying past a boundary. The compound is transparent, and its meaning follows directly from the parts.

Synonyms: outperform, exceed, surpass

Antonyms: underperform, fall short, fail