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outcant

/aʊtˈkænt/

outcant verb: to surpass in canting; to use more jargon than.

Verb

outcant (third-person singular simple present outcants, present participle outcanting, simple past and past participle outcanted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To surpass in canting; to use more jargon than.
    • I paſs o'er all thoſe Confeſſors and Martyrs
      Who live like S—tt—n, or who die like Charters,
      Out-cant old Eſdras, or out-drink his Heir,
      Out-uſure Jews, or Iriſhmen out-ſwear; [...]1735, Alexander Pope, “The Second Satire of Dr. John Donne”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 47, lines 35–38

Forms of outcant

third-person singular presentoutcants
present participleoutcanting
past participleoutcanted
pastoutcanted

Origin of outcant

From out- + cant.

Questions about outcant

What does outcant mean?
Outcant means to surpass in canting; to use more jargon than.
What part of speech is outcant?
Outcant is a verb.
How do you pronounce outcant?
Outcant is pronounced /aʊtˈkænt/.
What is the past tense of outcant?
The past tense of outcant is outcanted.

Words near outcant in the dictionary

  1. outcampaigning
  2. outcampaigns
  3. outcamped
  4. outcamping
  5. outcamps
  6. outcant
  7. outcanted
  8. outcanting
  9. outcants
  10. outcap
  11. outcaper

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