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outbehave

outbehave verb: to behave better than (something or someone).

Verb

outbehave (third-person singular simple present outbehaves, present participle outbehaving, simple past and past participle outbehaved)

  1. (rare, transitive) To behave better than (something or someone).

Forms of outbehave

third-person singular presentoutbehaves
present participleoutbehaving
past participleoutbehaved
pastoutbehaved

Origin of outbehave

From out- + behave.

Questions about outbehave

What does outbehave mean?
Outbehave means to behave better than (something or someone).
What part of speech is outbehave?
Outbehave is a verb.
What is the past tense of outbehave?
The past tense of outbehave is outbehaved.

Words near outbehave in the dictionary

  1. outbeats
  2. outbeg
  3. outbegged
  4. outbegging
  5. outbegs
  6. outbehave
  7. outbehaved
  8. outbehaves
  9. outbehaving
  10. outbelch
  11. outbelched

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