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outkent

outkent is the simple past and past participle of outken.

Meaning of outken

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

Questions about outkent

What is outkent the simple past and past participle of?
Outkent is the simple past and past participle of outken.

Words near outkent in the dictionary

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

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