(obsolete) The furthest degree or extremity, going beyond bounds or propriety.
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Origin of outrance
From Old French oltrance (modern oltrance), from outrer (“pass beyond"), from oltre, outre, utre, from Late Latin ultra-. Compare outrage.
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Outrance Sentence Examples
But the two generals were equally averse to a contest a outrance, which could only end in civil war.
The real military resources of Germany, untrained and trained, are thus about 7,000,000, of whom 4,000,000 have at one time or another done a continuous period of service with the colors.i This is of course for a war of defence a outrance.
They suffered a defeat at Schwechat on the 30th of October, which sealed the fate of the revolutionists in Vienna and thus precipitated a conflict a outrance in Hungary itself.
This was followed by the fall of Khuen-Hedervary (September 29), and a quarrel a outrance between crown and parliament seemed unavoidable.