outward (out ward)

and n. [ The fire will force its outward way, Or, in the prison pent, consume the prey. Dryden. 2. Of or pertaining to the exterior or outside; external; outer; extrinsic; formal: opposed to inward: as, mere outward change. Commend not a man for his beauty; neither abhor a man for his outward appearance. Ecclus. xi. 2. Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house. Esther vi. 4. I have cases of buckram for the nonce, to immask our noted outward garments. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., i. 2. 203. He may show what outward courage he will: but I be lieve, as cold a night as 'tis, he could wish himself in Thames up to the neck. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 118. Being both blinded with Lightnings and amazed with inward terrours and outward Tempests. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 360. will. I come to ki these fair hands, and to shew, In outward ceremonies, the dear love Writ in my heart. Beau. and Fl . , Phil aster, i. 2. He must have been still a very young man when that outward reformation took place which gave evidence at least of right intentions under the direction of a strong Southey, Bunyan, p. 35. 3t. Beyond the limits or boundaries; hence, foreign. It was intended to raise an outward war to join with some sedition within doors. Sir J. Hayward . 4. In theol., carnal; fleshly; not spiritual: as, the outward man. That circumcision, which is outward in the flesh. Rom. ii. 28. IMG:content-1992.png:[blocks in formation] to a hospital.