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out-Herods

out-Herods is the third-person singular simple present indicative of out-Herod.

Meaning of out-Herod

Verb

out-Herod (third-person singular simple present out-Herods, present participle out-Heroding, simple past and past participle out-Heroded)

  1. To surpass in evil and cruelty.
    • I could haue ſuch a Fellow whipt for o're-doing Termagant: it out-Herod's Herod. Pray you auoid it.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about out-Herods

What is out-Herods the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Out-Herods is the third-person singular simple present indicative of out-Herod.

Words near out-Herods in the dictionary

  1. out-gunning
  2. out-guns
  3. out-Herod
  4. out-Heroded
  5. out-Heroding
  6. out-Herods
  7. out-hike
  8. out-hiked
  9. out-hikes
  10. out-hiking
  11. out-house

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