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outrive

outrive verb: to rive, sever or clear.

Verb

outrive (third-person singular simple present outrives, present participle outriving, simple past outrove, past participle outriven)

  1. (obsolete) To rive, sever or clear
    • The cou’nants be (he said) that thou vnfold / This wretched boſome, and my hart out riue, [...]1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Third Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...
    • [...] Should all in rage the Curſe-beat Page out-riue, [...]1599, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum. The three laſt Bookes. Of byting Satyres., Lib. 4, Sat. 1,, page 3, line 11

Forms of outrive

third-person singular presentoutrives
present participleoutriving
pastoutrove
past participleoutriven

Origin of outrive

From out- + rive.

Questions about outrive

What does outrive mean?
Outrive means to rive, sever or clear.
What part of speech is outrive?
Outrive is a verb.
What is the past tense of outrive?
The past tense of outrive is outrove.

Words near outrive in the dictionary

  1. outrivaled
  2. outrivaling
  3. outrivalled
  4. outrivalling
  5. outrivals
  6. outrive
  7. outriven
  8. outrives
  9. outriving
  10. outrizz
  11. outrizzed

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