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Etymology

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From out- +‎ ken.

Verb

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outken (third-person singular simple present outkens, present participle outkenning, simple past and past participle outkenned or outkent)

  1. (transitive, nonce word) To surpass or exceed in knowledge.
    • 1930, New York State Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of New York, New York State journal of medicine, volume 30:
      Though feeble, they outken the ken
      Of able scientific men;
      So one might say "It doesn't pay
      To be too doggone healthy.