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outlances

outlances is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outlances

What is outlances the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outlances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outlance.

Words near outlances in the dictionary

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

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