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outshutting

outshutting is the present participle and gerund of outshut.

Meaning of outshut

Verb

outshut (third-person singular simple present outshuts, present participle outshutting, simple past and past participle outshut)

  1. (archaic) To shut out.
    • When I cry out,
      He outshuts my prayera. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “The Lamentations of Jeremy”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC

Questions about outshutting

What is outshutting the present participle and gerund of?
Outshutting is the present participle and gerund of outshut.

Words near outshutting in the dictionary

  1. outshrilled
  2. outshrilling
  3. outshrills
  4. outshut
  5. outshuts
  6. outshutting
  7. outside
  8. outside art
  9. outside back
  10. outside backs
  11. outside car

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