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outflame

outflame verb: to burn more brightly than; outshine.

Verb

outflame (third-person singular simple present outflames, present participle outflaming, simple past and past participle outflamed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To burn more brightly than; outshine.
    • The banners outflame the blazing morn, / O'er billows of bayonet, sword, and spear.1864, Frank Moore, Songs of the Soldiers, page 238
    • It shall outflame the dying flare / Of all worlds, and survive the final glare.1885, Marcus Samuel C. Rickards, Sonnets and Reveries, page 15

Forms of outflame

third-person singular presentoutflames
present participleoutflaming
past participleoutflamed
pastoutflamed

Origin of outflame

From out- + flame.

Questions about outflame

What does outflame mean?
Outflame means to burn more brightly than; outshine.
What part of speech is outflame?
Outflame is a verb.
What is the past tense of outflame?
The past tense of outflame is outflamed.

Words near outflame in the dictionary

  1. outfitted
  2. outfitter
  3. outfitters
  4. outfitting
  5. outfittings
  6. outflame
  7. outflamed
  8. outflames
  9. outflaming
  10. outflank
  11. outflanked

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