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outcompassed

outcompassed is the simple past and past participle of outcompass.

Meaning of outcompass

Verb

outcompass (third-person singular simple present outcompasses, present participle outcompassing, simple past and past participle outcompassed)

  1. (dated, rare, transitive) To exceed the limits of; to surpass, transcend or go beyond.
    • "It is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity of knowledge, how large soever, lest it should make it swell or out-compass itself; no, but it is merely the quality of knowledge, which, be it in quantity more or less, if it be taken without the true corrective thereof...1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning

Questions about outcompassed

What is outcompassed the simple past and past participle of?
Outcompassed is the simple past and past participle of outcompass.

Words near outcompassed in the dictionary

  1. outcomers
  2. outcomes
  3. outcoming
  4. outcomings
  5. outcompass
  6. outcompassed
  7. outcompasses
  8. outcompassing
  9. outcompete
  10. outcompeted
  11. outcompetes

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