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outpower

outpower verb: to surpass in power.

Verb

outpower (third-person singular simple present outpowers, present participle outpowering, simple past and past participle outpowered)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in power.
    • Early on, the New Yorkers clearly outpower their West Coast counterparts.2009 September 13, Jori Finkel, “Open the Storeroom: Let’s Put on a Show”, in New York Times

Forms of outpower

third-person singular presentoutpowers
present participleoutpowering
past participleoutpowered
pastoutpowered

Origin of outpower

From out- + power.

Questions about outpower

What does outpower mean?
Outpower means to surpass in power.
What part of speech is outpower?
Outpower is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpower?
The past tense of outpower is outpowered.

Words near outpower in the dictionary

  1. outpourers
  2. outpoureth
  3. outpouring
  4. outpourings
  5. outpours
  6. outpower
  7. outpowered
  8. outpowering
  9. outpowers
  10. outpractice
  11. outpracticed

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