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outpassion

outpassion verb: to be more passionate than; to surpass in passion.

Verb

outpassion (third-person singular simple present outpassions, present participle outpassioning, simple past and past participle outpassioned)

  1. (rare, transitive) To be more passionate than; to surpass in passion.
    • […] He fain had calcined all Northumbria / To one black ash, but that they patriot passion / Siding with our great Council against Tostig, / Out-passion'd his!1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 74

Forms of outpassion

third-person singular presentoutpassions
present participleoutpassioning
past participleoutpassioned
pastoutpassioned

Origin of outpassion

From out- + passion.

Questions about outpassion

What does outpassion mean?
Outpassion means to be more passionate than; to surpass in passion.
What part of speech is outpassion?
Outpassion is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpassion?
The past tense of outpassion is outpassioned.

Words near outpassion in the dictionary

  1. outparts
  2. outpass
  3. outpassed
  4. outpasses
  5. outpassing
  6. outpassion
  7. outpassioned
  8. outpassioning
  9. outpassions
  10. outpath
  11. outpaths

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