Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Outlook \Out*look"\, v. t.
   1. To face down; to outstare.

            To outlook conquest, and to win renown. --Shak.

   2. To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] --Cotton.

Outlook \Out"look`\, n.
   1. The act of looking out; watch.

   2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks
      out; a watchower. --Lyon Playfair.

   3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision;
      prospect; sight; appearance.

            Applause Which owes to man's short outlook all its
            charms.                               --Young.

Source : WordNet®

outlook
     n 1: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines
          how you will interpret and respond to situations [syn: {mentality},
           {mindset}, {mind-set}]
     2: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: {expectation},
         {prospect}]
     3: the act of looking out [syn: {lookout}]