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outask

outask verb: to ask or proclaim for the last time.

Verb

outask (third-person singular simple present outasks, present participle outasking, simple past and past participle outasked)

  1. (transitive) To ask or proclaim for the last time.
  2. (transitive) To announce or publish the banns of marriage of (a couple) in church for the third time.

Forms of outask

third-person singular presentoutasks
present participleoutasking
past participleoutasked
pastoutasked

Origin of outask

From out- + ask. Cognate with Old Frisian utaskia (“to outask”), Danish udæske (“to challenge”).

Questions about outask

What does outask mean?
Outask means to ask or proclaim for the last time.
What part of speech is outask?
Outask is a verb.
What is the past tense of outask?
The past tense of outask is outasked.

Words near outask in the dictionary

  1. outarming
  2. outarms
  3. outas
  4. outasight
  5. outasite
  6. outask
  7. outasked
  8. outasking
  9. outasks
  10. outate
  11. outbabble

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