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outlabour

outlabour verb: to surpass in labouring; to outwork.

Verb

outlabour (third-person singular simple present outlabours, present participle outlabouring, simple past and past participle outlaboured)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in labouring; to outwork.

Forms of outlabour

third-person singular presentoutlabours
present participleoutlabouring
past participleoutlaboured
pastoutlaboured
alternative formoutlabor

Origin of outlabour

From out- + labour.

Questions about outlabour

What does outlabour mean?
Outlabour means to surpass in labouring; to outwork.
What part of speech is outlabour?
Outlabour is a verb.
What is the past tense of outlabour?
The past tense of outlabour is outlaboured.

Words near outlabour in the dictionary

  1. outknitting
  2. outlabor
  3. outlabored
  4. outlaboring
  5. outlabors
  6. outlabour
  7. outlaboured
  8. outlabouring
  9. outlabours
  10. outlaid
  11. outlain

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