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outbowing

outbowing is the present participle and gerund of outbow.

Meaning of outbow

Verb

outbow (third-person singular simple present outbows, present participle outbowing, simple past and past participle outbowed)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in bowing.
    • His character and gloves are ever clean, / And then he can outbow the bowing dean1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published...

Questions about outbowing

What is outbowing the present participle and gerund of?
Outbowing is the present participle and gerund of outbow.

Words near outbowing in the dictionary

  1. outboundaries
  2. outboundary
  3. outbounds
  4. outbow
  5. outbowed
  6. outbowing
  7. outbowl
  8. outbowled
  9. outbowling
  10. outbowls
  11. outbows

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