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outpleading

outpleading is the present participle and gerund of outplead.

Meaning of outplead

Verb

outplead (third-person singular simple present outpleads, present participle outpleading, simple past and past participle outpleaded)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in pleading; to plead more successfully than.
    • There were some strokes in this speech which perhaps would have offended Mr Allworthy, had he strictly attended to it; but he had now got one of his fingers into the infant's hand, which, by its gentle pressure, seeming to implore his assistance, had certainly out-pleaded the eloquence of Mrs...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Questions about outpleading

What is outpleading the present participle and gerund of?
Outpleading is the present participle and gerund of outplead.

Words near outpleading in the dictionary

  1. outplayed
  2. outplaying
  3. outplays
  4. outplead
  5. outpleaded
  6. outpleading
  7. outpleads
  8. outplease
  9. outpleased
  10. outpleases
  11. outpleasing

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