outblossom
outblossom verb: to blossom more beautifully than, or with more flowers than.
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
- True, one rose will outblossom the rest, one rose in a bower.1884, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Becket
- 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
- For a mere $1.50 per word we will introduce you to our audience of 250,000 hardy perennials who survived the Reagan winter. Meet them as they prepare to outblossom Bush.1989, The Nation, volume 248, page 322
- 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
- I know not why I make this confession, unless it be that I want to tell you how lenient the sense of my own self-esteem makes me with persons whose conceit outblossoms into vanity and positive egotism .1871, Scribners Monthly, volume II, page 207
Noun
outblossom (plural outblossoms)
- The best that is produced (by something); culmination.
- Florence herself is the outblossom of modern Italian civilization.1877, Harper's Magazine - Volume 54, page 849
- Religion, as such, is the outblossom of human nature in its entirety.1895, Public Opinion - Volume 17, page 148
Examples of outblossom in a sentence
- The nationwide spring, summer, and fall flower festivals are thought by many to outblossom those in Holland.1989, Joseph Raff, Judith Raff -, Fielding’s Budget Europe 1990:
- And the chosen helper, this splash of colour, will it outblossom the greyness of discord, the black of mourning and the white of restrained emptiness?1993, Malcolm Green, The Golden Bomb: Phantastic German Expressionist Stories, page 146:
- Carrol did not know, then, that it was the outblossoming of Mary's love nature that gave such charm to her life and presence.1897, Helen Van-Anderson, It is Possible: A Story of Life, page 119:
- Full many a time I've watched that star / Outblossom through the night's allure, / And wondered if its hearthstones far / Know love that will endure.1961, Julia Herman Holloway, From My Heart:
Forms of outblossom
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | outblossoms |
| present participle | outblossoming |
| past participle | outblossomed |
| past | outblossomed |
| alternative form | out-blossom |
| Noun | |
| plural | outblossoms |
Origin of outblossom
From out- + blossom.
Questions about outblossom
- What does outblossom mean?
- Outblossom means to blossom more beautifully than, or with more flowers than.
- How do you use outblossom in a sentence?
- The nationwide spring, summer, and fall flower festivals are thought by many to outblossom those in Holland.
- What part of speech is outblossom?
- Outblossom can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of outblossom?
- The past tense of outblossom is outblossomed.
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