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outreddening

outreddening is the present participle and gerund of outredden.

Meaning of outredden

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

Questions about outreddening

What is outreddening the present participle and gerund of?
Outreddening is the present participle and gerund of outredden.

Words near outreddening in the dictionary

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

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