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outsifting

outsifting is the present participle and gerund of outsift.

Meaning of outsift

Verb

outsift (third-person singular simple present outsifts, present participle outsifting, simple past and past participle outsifted)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To sift out.
    • So let me not sift amiss, / But by Wisdom still be taught / To outsift each evil thought / From the mind, and keep behind / The food of bliss.1872, John Charles Curtis, The New Poetical Reader, page 140

Questions about outsifting

What is outsifting the present participle and gerund of?
Outsifting is the present participle and gerund of outsift.

Words near outsifting in the dictionary

  1. outsiders
  2. outsides
  3. outsiding
  4. outsift
  5. outsifted
  6. outsifting
  7. outsifts
  8. outsigh
  9. outsighed
  10. outsighing
  11. outsighs

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