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outbrayed

outbrayed is the simple past and past participle of outbray.

Meaning of outbray

Verb

outbray (third-person singular simple present outbrays, present participle outbraying, simple past and past participle outbrayed)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in braying.
    • […] could outbray a donkey.1972, Frances Marion, Off with Their Heads: A Serio-comic Tale of Hollywood (paeg 195)
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To exhale; outbreathe.
    • The ſnake (that on his creſt hot fire out braid, […]1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Tenth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To emit with great noise; bray out.

Questions about outbrayed

What is outbrayed the simple past and past participle of?
Outbrayed is the simple past and past participle of outbray.

Words near outbrayed in the dictionary

  1. outbrawl
  2. outbrawled
  3. outbrawling
  4. outbrawls
  5. outbray
  6. outbrayed
  7. outbraying
  8. outbrays
  9. outbrazen
  10. outbrazened
  11. outbrazening

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