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outshowing

outshowing is the present participle and gerund of outshow.

Meaning of outshow

Verb

outshow (third-person singular simple present outshows, present participle outshowing, simple past outshowed, past participle outshown)

  1. (transitive, puristic or archaic) To show or present publicly; exhibit openly.
    • He blushed to see another Sun below, / Ne durst again his fiery face outshow.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Aegloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry.
    • Mazurka 13th, now owned by Mr. Streator, at ten years old Is dam of eight living calves at single births, and we don't know a cow of her age that can outshow her.1873, Cultivator and country gentleman: Volume 38

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Questions about outshowing

What is outshowing the present participle and gerund of?
Outshowing is the present participle and gerund of outshow.

Words near outshowing in the dictionary

  1. outshowed
  2. outshower
  3. outshowered
  4. outshowering
  5. outshowers
  6. outshowing
  7. outshown
  8. outshows
  9. outshriek
  10. outshrieked
  11. outshrieking

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