outslept
outslept is the simple past and past participle of outsleep.
Meaning of outsleep
Verb
outsleep (third-person singular simple present outsleeps, present participle outsleeping, simple past and past participle outslept)
- 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
- And often in his secret soul he prays
Questions about outslept
- What is outslept the simple past and past participle of?
- Outslept is the simple past and past participle of outsleep.
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