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outstarting

outstarting is the present participle and gerund of outstart.

Meaning of outstart

Verb

outstart (third-person singular simple present outstarts, present participle outstarting, simple past and past participle outstarted)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To start out or up.
    • Once again outstarted beads of anguish upon John's furrowed brow, his hands knit to quivering fists, his grey eyes, their steadfast serenity quite gone, wavered […]2022, Jeffery Farnol, John o' the Green

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Questions about outstarting

What is outstarting the present participle and gerund of?
Outstarting is the present participle and gerund of outstart.

Words near outstarting in the dictionary

  1. outstared
  2. outstares
  3. outstaring
  4. outstart
  5. outstarted
  6. outstarting
  7. outstarts
  8. outstat
  9. outstate
  10. outstater
  11. outstaters

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