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outpraising

outpraising is the present participle and gerund of outpraise.

Meaning of outpraise

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

Questions about outpraising

What is outpraising the present participle and gerund of?
Outpraising is the present participle and gerund of outpraise.

Words near outpraising in the dictionary

  1. outpractices
  2. outpracticing
  3. outpraise
  4. outpraised
  5. outpraises
  6. outpraising
  7. outpray
  8. outprayed
  9. outpraying
  10. outprays
  11. outpreach

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