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outpassioning

outpassioning is the present participle and gerund of outpassion.

Meaning of outpassion

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

Questions about outpassioning

What is outpassioning the present participle and gerund of?
Outpassioning is the present participle and gerund of outpassion.

Words near outpassioning in the dictionary

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

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