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outredden

outredden verb: to surpass in redness.

Verb

outredden (third-person singular simple present outreddens, present participle outreddening, simple past and past participle outreddened)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To surpass in redness.
    • He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting
      Into glossy purples, which outredden
      All voluptuous garden-roses.1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, part ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

Forms of outredden

third-person singular presentoutreddens
present participleoutreddening
past participleoutreddened
pastoutreddened

Origin of outredden

From out- + redden.

Questions about outredden

What does outredden mean?
Outredden means to surpass in redness.
What part of speech is outredden?
Outredden is a verb.
What is the past tense of outredden?
The past tense of outredden is outreddened.

Words near outredden in the dictionary

  1. outreckons
  2. outrecuidance
  3. outrecuidant
  4. outred
  5. outredd
  6. outredden
  7. outreddened
  8. outreddening
  9. outreddens
  10. outredding
  11. outreign

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