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outlustre

outlustre verb: to surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.

Verb

outlustre (third-person singular simple present outlustres, present participle outlustring, simple past and past participle outlustred)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.
    • that diamond of yours outlustres many1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • Her plumage outlustred the pride o' the spring.a. 1796, Robert Burns, The Heather was Blooming

Forms of outlustre

third-person singular presentoutlustres
present participleoutlustring
past participleoutlustred
pastoutlustred

Origin of outlustre

From out- + lustre.

Questions about outlustre

What does outlustre mean?
Outlustre means to surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.
What part of speech is outlustre?
Outlustre is a verb.
What is the past tense of outlustre?
The past tense of outlustre is outlustred.

Words near outlustre in the dictionary

  1. outlungs
  2. outluster
  3. outlustered
  4. outlustering
  5. outlusters
  6. outlustre
  7. outlustred
  8. outlustres
  9. outlustring
  10. outly
  11. outlyer

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