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outquench

outquench verb: to quench entirely; to extinguish.

Verb

outquench (third-person singular simple present outquenches, present participle outquenching, simple past and past participle outquenched)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To quench entirely; to extinguish.
    • And makes huge hauocke, whiles the candlelight / Out quenched, leaues no skill nor difference of wight.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16

Forms of outquench

third-person singular presentoutquenches
present participleoutquenching
past participleoutquenched
pastoutquenched

Origin of outquench

From out- + quench.

Questions about outquench

What does outquench mean?
Outquench means to quench entirely; to extinguish.
What part of speech is outquench?
Outquench is a verb.
What is the past tense of outquench?
The past tense of outquench is outquenched.

Words near outquench in the dictionary

  1. outquarters
  2. outqueen
  3. outqueened
  4. outqueening
  5. outqueens
  6. outquench
  7. outquenched
  8. outquenches
  9. outquenching
  10. outquestion
  11. outquestioned

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