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outpraise

outpraise verb: to surpass in praising.

Verb

outpraise (third-person singular simple present outpraises, present participle outpraising, simple past and past participle outpraised)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in praising.
    • Each sought to outpraise the other in a tourney of poets.1966, George Oppenheimer, The View from the Sixties: Memories of a Spent Life, page 88

Forms of outpraise

third-person singular presentoutpraises
present participleoutpraising
past participleoutpraised
pastoutpraised

Origin of outpraise

From out- + praise.

Questions about outpraise

What does outpraise mean?
Outpraise means to surpass in praising.
What part of speech is outpraise?
Outpraise is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpraise?
The past tense of outpraise is outpraised.

Words near outpraise in the dictionary

  1. outpowers
  2. outpractice
  3. outpracticed
  4. outpractices
  5. outpracticing
  6. outpraise
  7. outpraised
  8. outpraises
  9. outpraising
  10. outpray
  11. outprayed

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