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outsilence

outsilence verb: to surpass in being silent.

Verb

outsilence (third-person singular simple present outsilences, present participle outsilencing, simple past and past participle outsilenced)

  1. (rare) To surpass in being silent.
    • Arthur stood. Silent. He was used to his own silence. He could outsilence anyone.2014, Rachel Louise Snyder, What We've Lost Is Nothing, page 282

Forms of outsilence

third-person singular presentoutsilences
present participleoutsilencing
past participleoutsilenced
pastoutsilenced

Origin of outsilence

From out- + silence.

Questions about outsilence

What does outsilence mean?
Outsilence means to surpass in being silent.
What part of speech is outsilence?
Outsilence is a verb.
What is the past tense of outsilence?
The past tense of outsilence is outsilenced.

Words near outsilence in the dictionary

  1. outsighed
  2. outsighing
  3. outsighs
  4. outsight
  5. outsights
  6. outsilence
  7. outsilenced
  8. outsilences
  9. outsilencing
  10. outsimp
  11. outsimped

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