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outstrained

outstrained is the simple past and past participle of outstrain.

Meaning of outstrain

Verb

outstrain (third-person singular simple present outstrains, present participle outstraining, simple past and past participle outstrained)

  1. (transitive) To outdo by straining.
    • The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.1891, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine
  2. (poetic, transitive) To strain or filter outward.
    • Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining,
      Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!c. 1887, George MacDonald, A Song For Christmas

Questions about outstrained

What is outstrained the simple past and past participle of?
Outstrained is the simple past and past participle of outstrain.

Words near outstrained in the dictionary

  1. outstorm
  2. outstormed
  3. outstorming
  4. outstorms
  5. outstrain
  6. outstrained
  7. outstraining
  8. outstrains
  9. outstrategize
  10. outstrategized
  11. outstrategizes

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