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outken

outken verb: to surpass or exceed in knowledge.

Verb

outken (third-person singular simple present outkens, present participle outkenning, simple past and past participle outkenned or outkent)

  1. (nonce-word, transitive) To surpass or exceed in knowledge.
    • Though feeble, they outken the ken
      Of able scientific men;
      So one might say "It doesn't pay
      To be too doggone healthy.1930, New York State Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of New York, New York State journal of medicine, volume 30

Forms of outken

third-person singular presentoutkens
present participleoutkenning
past participleoutkenned
pastoutkenned
past participleoutkent
pastoutkent

Origin of outken

From out- + ken.

Questions about outken

What does outken mean?
Outken means to surpass or exceed in knowledge.
What part of speech is outken?
Outken is a verb.
What is the past tense of outken?
The past tense of outken is outkenned.

Words near outken in the dictionary

  1. outkeep
  2. outkeeper
  3. outkeepers
  4. outkeeping
  5. outkeeps
  6. outken
  7. outkent
  8. outkept
  9. outkick
  10. outkick one's coverage
  11. outkicked

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