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outprizing

outprizing is the present participle and gerund of outprize.

Meaning of outprize

Verb

outprize (third-person singular simple present outprizes, present participle outprizing, simple past and past participle outprized)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To prize (rate, set a value) excessively.
    • Sir, you flatter now, / And do outprize my willing industry: [...]c. 1604–1626, doubtfully attributed to Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Faithful Friends”, in Henry [William] Weber, editor, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, in Fourteen Volumes: […], volume...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To exceed in value.
    • There is nothing may be compared with a faithfull [friend], neither may the waight of gold and siluer outprise his faith and goodnesse […]1596, Thomas Lodge, The Diuel Coniured, London: William Mats

Questions about outprizing

What is outprizing the present participle and gerund of?
Outprizing is the present participle and gerund of outprize.

Words near outprizing in the dictionary

  1. outprinting
  2. outprints
  3. outprize
  4. outprized
  5. outprizes
  6. outprizing
  7. outprocess
  8. outprocessed
  9. outprocesses
  10. outprocessing
  11. outproduce

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