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outening

outening is the present participle and gerund of outen.

Meaning of outen

Verb

outen (third-person singular simple present outens, present participle outening, simple past and past participle outened)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To put out; extinguish.
    • I shined the light directly in his eyes, temporarily blinding him, then outened it and ran through the tunnel in the dark as best I could, not knowing where I was going.2012, K. A. Kron, Shades of Gray, page 2017

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Questions about outening

What is outening the present participle and gerund of?
Outening is the present participle and gerund of outen.

Words near outening in the dictionary

  1. outeners
  2. outengineer
  3. outengineered
  4. outengineering
  5. outengineers
  6. outening
  7. outens
  8. outequipped
  9. outer
  10. outer arm
  11. outer arms

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