OUT'RAGE, v.t. [L. ultra, beyond.] To treat with violence and wrong; to abuse by rude or insolent language; to injure by rough, rude treatment of any kind.Base and insolent minds outrage men, when they have hopes of doing it without a return.This interview outrages all decency.OUT'RAGE, v.i. To commit exorbitances; to be guilty of violent rudeness. OUT'RAGE, n. Injurious violence offered to persons or things; excessive abuse; wanton mischief. Rude abusive language, scurrility, or opprobrious and contemptuous words, may be an outrage to persons, or to decency and civility. A violent attack upon person or property is an outrage.He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country where he went.
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