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outlaid

outlaid is the simple past and past participle of outlay.

Meaning of outlay

Verb

outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)

  1. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
    • Their boggy breasts out-lay, and Skipton down doth crawl1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...
  2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

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Questions about outlaid

What is outlaid the simple past and past participle of?
Outlaid is the simple past and past participle of outlay.

Words near outlaid in the dictionary

  1. outlabors
  2. outlabour
  3. outlaboured
  4. outlabouring
  5. outlabours
  6. outlaid
  7. outlain
  8. outlance
  9. outlanced
  10. outlances
  11. outlancing

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