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outmouth

outmouth verb: to surpass in speaking.

Verb

outmouth (third-person singular simple present outmouths, present participle outmouthing, simple past and past participle outmouthed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To surpass in speaking.
    • […] an accomplished orator, who could outmouth the noisiest patriot […]1874, The Englishman, volume 1, page 132

Forms of outmouth

third-person singular presentoutmouths
present participleoutmouthing
past participleoutmouthed
pastoutmouthed

Origin of outmouth

From out- + mouth.

Questions about outmouth

What does outmouth mean?
Outmouth means to surpass in speaking.
What part of speech is outmouth?
Outmouth is a verb.
What is the past tense of outmouth?
The past tense of outmouth is outmouthed.

Words near outmouth in the dictionary

  1. outmosts
  2. outmount
  3. outmounted
  4. outmounting
  5. outmounts
  6. outmouth
  7. outmouthed
  8. outmouthing
  9. outmouths
  10. outmove
  11. outmoved

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