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outlancing

outlancing is the present participle and gerund 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 outlancing

What is outlancing the present participle and gerund of?
Outlancing is the present participle and gerund of outlance.

Words near outlancing in the dictionary

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

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