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outscorns

outscorns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outscorn.

Meaning of outscorn

Verb

outscorn (third-person singular simple present outscorns, present participle outscorning, simple past and past participle outscorned)

  1. (transitive) To overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.
    • “That’s a bit like asking a man to subject himself to his own Freudian analysis,” he said, and then ventured this answer: “I guess I am Lear and the kitchen is my heath, wherein I strive to outscorn the to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.”2007 June 14, Penelope Green, “Kitchen Tales”, in New York Times

Questions about outscorns

What is outscorns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outscorns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outscorn.

Words near outscorns in the dictionary

  1. outscores
  2. outscoring
  3. outscorn
  4. outscorned
  5. outscorning
  6. outscorns
  7. outscour
  8. outscouring
  9. outscourings
  10. outscout
  11. outscouted

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