outsit
outsit verb: to remain sitting, waiting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.
Verb
outsit (third-person singular simple present outsits, present participle outsitting, simple past and past participle outsat)
- To remain sitting, waiting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.
- No Scotch government will take him at his own, or rather his wife's extravagant valuation; and betwixt his indecision and her insolence, from all I can guess, he will outsit his market, and be had cheap when no one will bid for him.1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald...
- Without a note for his sermon he stepped into his pulpit and, buoyed up by the happiness that surged within him, he signified his intention to begin. Landy and the new Mrs. George sat in the front row—she fussily settling to outsit the ordeal and he striking at once an attitude of absorbed interest.1901, Fred Schultz Lincoln, An Indiana Girl, Chapter 12
Forms of outsit
| third-person singular present | outsits |
|---|---|
| present participle | outsitting |
| past participle | outsat |
| past | outsat |
Origin of outsit
From out- + sit.
Words that rhyme with outsit
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Questions about outsit
- What does outsit mean?
- Outsit means to remain sitting, waiting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.
- What part of speech is outsit?
- Outsit is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outsit?
- The past tense of outsit is outsat.
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