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outquestion

outquestion verb: to surpass in questioning.

Verb

outquestion (third-person singular simple present outquestions, present participle outquestioning, simple past and past participle outquestioned)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in questioning.
    • Set two classes of monitors to question each other; so that one may try to outquestion the other. Explain to them the principal of every subject they have to teach.1847, Great Britain. Committee on Education, Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, page 446

Forms of outquestion

third-person singular presentoutquestions
present participleoutquestioning
past participleoutquestioned
pastoutquestioned

Origin of outquestion

From out- + question.

Questions about outquestion

What does outquestion mean?
Outquestion means to surpass in questioning.
What part of speech is outquestion?
Outquestion is a verb.
What is the past tense of outquestion?
The past tense of outquestion is outquestioned.

Words near outquestion in the dictionary

  1. outqueens
  2. outquench
  3. outquenched
  4. outquenches
  5. outquenching
  6. outquestion
  7. outquestioned
  8. outquestioning
  9. outquestions
  10. outquibble
  11. outquibbled

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