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outscent

outscent verb: to exceed in odour; to be more odorous than.

Verb

outscent (third-person singular simple present outscents, present participle outscenting, simple past and past participle outscented)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in odour; to be more odorous than.
    • This he did to qualify the infamy of Garnet's death , and that the perfume of this new title might outscent the stench of his treason.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of outscent

third-person singular presentoutscents
present participleoutscenting
past participleoutscented
pastoutscented

Origin of outscent

From out- + scent.

Questions about outscent

What does outscent mean?
Outscent means to exceed in odour; to be more odorous than.
What part of speech is outscent?
Outscent is a verb.
What is the past tense of outscent?
The past tense of outscent is outscented.

Words near outscent in the dictionary

  1. outscaring
  2. outscatter
  3. outscattered
  4. outscattering
  5. outscatters
  6. outscent
  7. outscented
  8. outscenting
  9. outscents
  10. outscheme
  11. outschemed

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