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outscenting

outscenting is the present participle and gerund of outscent.

Meaning of outscent

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)

Questions about outscenting

What is outscenting the present participle and gerund of?
Outscenting is the present participle and gerund of outscent.

Words near outscenting in the dictionary

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

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