Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
stay too long;
- Example: "overstay or outstay one's welcome"[syn: overstay, outstay]
2. surpass in staying power;
- Example: "They outstayed their competitors"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outstay \Out*stay"\, v. t.
To stay beyond or longer than.
[1913 Webster]
She concluded to outstay him. --Mad. D'
Arblay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outstay
v 1: stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" [syn:
overstay, outstay]
2: surpass in staying power; "They outstayed their competitors"