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outlanced

outlanced is the simple past and past participle of outlance.

Meaning of outlance

Verb

outlance (third-person singular simple present outlances, present participle outlancing, simple past and past participle outlanced)

  1. (intransitive) To lance outward.
    • Before Dane had his glasses in focus, the outlancing strike of light was cut off, knife sharp.2017, Kenneth F. Gantz, Not in Solitude (Revised Edition)
  2. (transitive) To surpass in fighting or jousting with a lance.
    • I want some prince to challenge a knight who's a cad / And outlance the lad / To show me he's my hero.1965, Barbara Fried, Sleeping Beauty: Or the Famous Rose Taboo, Musical, page 31

Questions about outlanced

What is outlanced the simple past and past participle of?
Outlanced is the simple past and past participle of outlance.

Words near outlanced in the dictionary

  1. outlabouring
  2. outlabours
  3. outlaid
  4. outlain
  5. outlance
  6. outlanced
  7. outlances
  8. outlancing
  9. outland
  10. outland Germans
  11. outlanded

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