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outgaze

outgaze verb: to gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking.

Verb

outgaze (third-person singular simple present outgazes, present participle outgazing, simple past and past participle outgazed)

  1. (transitive) To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To stare out of countenance; to stare at a person until they have to look away.

Forms of outgaze

third-person singular presentoutgazes
present participleoutgazing
past participleoutgazed
pastoutgazed

Origin of outgaze

From out- + gaze.

Questions about outgaze

What does outgaze mean?
Outgaze means to gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking.
What part of speech is outgaze?
Outgaze is a verb.
What is the past tense of outgaze?
The past tense of outgaze is outgazed.

Words near outgaze in the dictionary

  1. outgave
  2. outgay
  3. outgayed
  4. outgaying
  5. outgays
  6. outgaze
  7. outgazed
  8. outgazes
  9. outgazing
  10. outgeneral
  11. outgeneraled

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