outholdEtymologyFrom Middle English outholden, equivalent to out- + hold. Cognate with Scots outhald (“to outhold”).outhold means to hold out; extend. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.verbTo hold out; extend.To hold out, endure; resist, withstand; keep out by force, exclude.To hold better than someone or something else.“This new tack outholds the older one.”To hold longer than another player.