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outsleeps

outsleeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outsleep.

Meaning of outsleep

Verb

outsleep (third-person singular simple present outsleeps, present participle outsleeping, simple past and past participle outslept)

  1. (transitive) To sleep longer than or beyond.
    • And often in his secret soul he prays
      To sleep through barren periods unaware,
      Arousing at some longed-for date of pleasure;
      Which having passed and yielded him small treasure,
      He would outsleep another term of care.1874, James Thomson, chapter XIII, in The City of Dreadful Night

Questions about outsleeps

What is outsleeps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outsleeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outsleep.

Words near outsleeps in the dictionary

  1. outslanged
  2. outslanging
  3. outslangs
  4. outsleep
  5. outsleeping
  6. outsleeps
  7. outslept
  8. outslick
  9. outslicked
  10. outslicking
  11. outslicks

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