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outrove

outrove is the simple past of outrive.

Meaning of outrive

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]...

Questions about outrove

What is outrove the simple past of?
Outrove is the simple past of outrive.

Words near outrove in the dictionary

  1. outrose
  2. outrotation
  3. outrotations
  4. outrounded
  5. outrounding
  6. outrove
  7. outrovert
  8. outrow
  9. outrowed
  10. outrowing
  11. outrows

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