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outglitters

outglitters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outglitter.

Meaning of outglitter

Verb

outglitter (third-person singular simple present outglitters, present participle outglittering, simple past and past participle outglittered)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in glitter or splendour.
    • Mrs. Longman-Tompkinson, apprehensive of being outglittered in a single spangle, by the gilt gingerbread of the Broadway, was labouring like a recruiting-sergeant to increase her forces, with favours flying and beat of drum […]1838, Catherine Grace Frances, The Woman of the World: A Novel, volume 1, page 235

Questions about outglitters

What is outglitters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outglitters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outglitter.

Words near outglitters in the dictionary

  1. outglides
  2. outgliding
  3. outglitter
  4. outglittered
  5. outglittering
  6. outglitters
  7. outgloom
  8. outgloomed
  9. outglooming
  10. outglooms
  11. outglow

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