Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "oortref" is:
op een of ander manier oortref of uitblink, verder gaan in graad of kwaliteit, of verhewe is bo iets of iemand anders.
He bade him, too, turn his eyes upon the beauty of Dorothea and he would see that few if any could equal much less excel her while to that beauty should be added her modesty and the surpassing love she bore him.
