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outname

outname verb: to exceed in naming or describing.

Verb

outname (third-person singular simple present outnames, present participle outnaming, simple past and past participle outnamed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To exceed in naming or describing.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To exceed in fame or degree.
    • And found out one to out-name thy other faults.c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V...

Forms of outname

third-person singular presentoutnames
present participleoutnaming
past participleoutnamed
pastoutnamed

Origin of outname

From out- + name.

Questions about outname

What does outname mean?
Outname means to exceed in naming or describing.
What part of speech is outname?
Outname is a verb.
What is the past tense of outname?
The past tense of outname is outnamed.

Words near outname in the dictionary

  1. outmoving
  2. outmuscle
  3. outmuscled
  4. outmuscles
  5. outmuscling
  6. outname
  7. outnamed
  8. outnames
  9. outnaming
  10. outnerve
  11. outnerved

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