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outsifts

outsifts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outsifts

What is outsifts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outsifts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outsift.

Words near outsifts in the dictionary

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

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