out-blossom
out-blossom is the alternative form of outblossom.
Meaning of outblossom
Verb
outblossom (third-person singular simple present outblossoms, present participle outblossoming, simple past and past participle outblossomed)
- To blossom more beautifully than, or with more flowers than.
- Fifty a contemptible Age! Not at all, a very faſhionable Age I think—I aſſure you, I know very conſiderable Beaus, that ſet a good Face upon Fifty,. Fifty! I have ſeen Fifty in a ſide Box by Candle-light, out-bloſſom Five and Twenty.1695, [William] Congreve, Love for Love: A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, pages 76–77
- To bloom in spite of.
- I hear in her poems something that will outblossom hell itself and help us all to turn it back into earth again.1971, Dacotah Territory - Issues 1-11, page 62
- To blossom forth; to emerge into a state of blossoming; to flower.
- Be strong! the wind to the shorn lamb is tempered; The way, though weary, teacheth to repose ; Life, though with bitter memories hampered, Will yet outblossom as the summer rose."1857, Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine, volume V, page 421
Forms of out-blossom
| third-person singular present | out-blossoms |
|---|---|
| present participle | out-blossoming |
| past participle | out-blossomed |
| past | out-blossomed |
Questions about out-blossom
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