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outrivaling

outrivaling is the present participle and gerund of outrival.

Meaning of outrival

Verb

outrival (third-person singular simple present outrivals, present participle (US) outrivaling or (UK) outrivalling, simple past and past participle (US) outrivaled or (UK) outrivalled)

  1. (transitive) To outperform; to outdo.
    • I learned the first two tenses of the verb Être, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the-by, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa) on the same day.1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre

Forms of outrivaling

alternative formoutrivalling

Questions about outrivaling

What is outrivaling the present participle and gerund of?
Outrivaling is the present participle and gerund of outrival.

Words near outrivaling in the dictionary

  1. outrisen
  2. outrises
  3. outrising
  4. outrival
  5. outrivaled
  6. outrivaling
  7. outrivalled
  8. outrivalling
  9. outrivals
  10. outrive
  11. outriven

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